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The amount of pollutants in Karachi\u2019s air is 186 particulate matters whereas the amount of pollutants in Lahore\u2019s atmosphere has been recorded at 268 particulate matters,according to IQAir. Dhaka has been declared the most polluted city in the world with 338 particulate matters of pollutants. According to the Air Quality Index classification, pollution from 151 to 200 is injurious to health while more than 301 is threatening. DNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Lahore ranked second and Karachi fourth most polluted cities of the world according to the World Air Quality Index s earlier assessment. Lahore and Karachi\u2019s air was declared unhealthiest by the World Air Quality Index. The amount of pollutants in Karachi\u2019s air is 186 particulate matters whereas the amount of pollutants in Lahore\u2019s atmosphere [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-301514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lahore second, Karachi ranks fourth among world\u2019s most polluted cities<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/lahore-second-karachi-ranks-fourth-among-worlds-most-polluted-cities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lahore second, Karachi ranks fourth among world\u2019s most polluted cities\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD: Lahore ranked second and Karachi fourth most polluted cities of the world according to the World Air Quality Index s earlier assessment. 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