Lahore, Pakistan, Nov 6, 2024 (AFP) - Pakistan's Punjab province shuts schools in smog-hit main cities

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2024-11-06
Pakistan's most populated province of Punjab on Wednesday ordered schools closed in smog-hit main cities, shifting them to online learning until November 17, as the country battles record air pollution. The province, home to more than half of Pakistan's 240 million people, had earlier closed primary schools, curbed tuk-tuks and shuttered some barbeque restaurants in megacity Lahore. On Wednesday, it ordered all shools to be shut in several major......
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