{
  "id": 17762877,
  "title": "Lahore’s Air Quality Index crosses 530 as pollution reaches hazardous levels across Punjab",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/lahores-air-quality-index-crosses-530-as-pollution-reaches-hazardous-17762877",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T07:32:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1575641/lahores-air-quality-index-crosses-530-as-pollution-reaches-hazardous-levels-across-punjab/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Air pollution in Lahore reached hazardous levels on Monday morning, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) surging past 530. According to reports from Daily Times and Dawn - Pakistan, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations climbed to 343 micrograms per cubic meter. Dawn - Pakistan noted that at 8 a.m., IQAir recorded an AQI of 535 in Lahore, though other hourly updates showed the city at 509 and 535 at different times.\n\nThe pollution spike extended across Punjab, with IQAir's live ranking placing five Punjab cities among the six most polluted urban centers in Pakistan. Gujranwala topped the ranking with an AQI of 606, though Dawn - Pakistan reported it subsequently recorded 675 in a separate update. Other heavily polluted cities included Lahore, Faisalabad and Multan, which both recorded AQIs of 310, and Sialkot at 260. Peshawar was ranked sixth with an AQI of 216.",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Lahore's air quality index crosses 530 as pollution reaches hazardous levels",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/lahores-air-quality-index-crosses-530-as-pollution-reaches-hazardous",
        "published": "2026-11-02T06:39:43.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}