Pakistan’s cultural city Lahore has been declared the most polluted city in the world, with an alarming Air Quality Index (AQI) of 394, and the Pakistan’s Punjab government has planned for artificial rain to mitigate smog impact.

Earlier on October 12, Lahore also reported the worst air quality globally, alarming environmental officials about an early start to the smog season. Last year, the city first topped the list of the most polluted cities in the final week of October during the smog season.

Pakistan's cultural city Lahore been declared the most polluted city in the world, with an alarming Air Quality Index (AQI) of 394, and the Pakistan's Punjab government has planned for artificial rain to mitigate smog impact.

Lahore remained on the top of world's most polluted cities rankings for the second consecutive day amid the intensifying smog crisis in the provincial capital as winter approaches. The

According to an advisory issued by the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Tuesday (Oct 22), foggy and smoggy conditions are common from November to mid-December as the country enters its winter months.