--- title: "Pakistan ranked world's most polluted country in 2025, IQAir report says" description: "Most outlets reported that Pakistan was ranked as the most polluted country in 2025 by IQAir, citing the annual average PM2.5 concentration. Dunya News led with the ranking and the specific pollution level of 67.3 micrograms per cubic metre. Dawn similarly highlighted the ranking and the comparison to the WHO guideline but provided slightly more context about the report's scope, mentioning the 143 monitored countries. Both outlets used the term \"worst air quality\" but framed it as a factual finding from the report without additional commentary." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/9314-urban-air-pollution site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistan ranked world's most polluted country in 2025, IQAir report says opinion · updated 19 Sep 2026, 4:18 AM PKT · 17–19 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that Pakistan was ranked as the most polluted country in 2025 by IQAir, citing the annual average PM2.5 concentration. Dunya News led with the ranking and the specific pollution level of 67.3 micrograms per cubic metre. Dawn similarly highlighted the ranking and the comparison to the WHO guideline but provided slightly more context about the report's scope, mentioning the 143 monitored countries. Both outlets used the term "worst air quality" but framed it as a factual finding from the report without additional commentary. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Dawn** — [Urban air pollution](https://www.dawn.com/news/2031064/urban-air-pollution) · 19 Sep 2026, 4:18 AM PKT > ACCORDING to IQAir’s World Air Quality Report 2025, Pakistan recorded the worst air quality among 143 monitored countries, with an annual average PM2.5 concentration more than 13 times the WHO guideline. The Pakistan Economic Survey 2025-26 confirms that around 22,000 deaths each year are linked to air pollution. Four of the world’s 10 most polluted cities are in Pakistan. Lahore is the worst, ... - **Dunya News** — [Pakistan ranked world's most polluted country in 2025, IQAir report says](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/973425-pakistan-ranked-worlds-most-polluted-country-in-2025-iqair-report-) · 17 Sep 2026, 11:18 PM PKT · 84% identical wording to the newest filing > Pakistan recorded the world’s highest average PM2.5 pollution in 2025 at 67.3 micrograms per cubic metre, more than 13 times the WHO annual guideline. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Lahore ranks as world’s most polluted city with AQI of 344](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15985-with-aqi-334-lahore-becomes-world-s-most-polluted-city) · 24 Oct 2026 · 9 outlets · 3 developments · 79% related - [Lahore ranked among most polluted cities globally](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11918-lahore-tops-world-pollution-rankings-again) · 2 Oct 2026 · 7 outlets · 77% related - [Lahore Ranks as World’s Most Polluted City](https://harzaviya.com/stories/13965-lahore-tops-world-s-most-polluted-cities-list) · 13 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 76% related - [Lahore ranks among world’s most polluted cities](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9526-lahore-ranks-among-most-polluted-cities) · 20 Sep 2026 · 2 outlets · 76% related - [Pakistan plans clean-air secretariat to cut pollution by 38% by 2030](https://harzaviya.com/stories/3975-govt-plans-national-clean-air-secretariat-targets-38) · 20 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 73% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 17–19 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.