Lahore, Pakistan, Nov 19, 2024 (AFP) - Pakistan to reopen Punjab schools after smog improves

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2024-11-19

Pakistani authorities announced that schools would reopen Wednesday in Punjab, the country's most populated province, after a drop in dangerous air pollution. Schools have been closed for nearly two weeks in the province, home to nearly half the country's 240 million population, as dense smog hit "hazardous" levels. "The ambient air quality has improved in Punjab, due to rain in upper parts of Punjab, change in wind direction and speed," the prov......

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