--- title: "Lahore ranks among world’s most polluted cities" description: "Most outlets reported Lahore's high air quality index and its global ranking, with Daily Pakistan specifying an AQI of 181 and naming it the most polluted city. The Express Tribune noted Lahore's inclusion among the most polluted cities but described the air quality as \"unhealthy\" without providing a specific AQI or global ranking." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/9526-lahore-ranks-among-most-polluted-cities site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Lahore ranks among world’s most polluted cities pakistan · updated 20 Sep 2026, 3:49 AM PKT · 19–20 Sep 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported Lahore's high air quality index and its global ranking, with Daily Pakistan specifying an AQI of 181 and naming it the most polluted city. The Express Tribune noted Lahore's inclusion among the most polluted cities but described the air quality as "unhealthy" without providing a specific AQI or global ranking. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **The Express Tribune** — [Lahore ranks among most polluted cities](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2630314/lahore-ranks-among-most-polluted-cities) · 20 Sep 2026, 3:49 AM PKT > Unhealthy air quality recorded with readings varying across city - **Daily Pakistan (English)** — [Lahore ranked world’s most polluted city as AQI reaches 181](https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/19-Sep-2026/lahore-ranked-worlds-most-polluted-city-as-aqi-reaches-181) · 19 Sep 2026, 10:26 AM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing > LAHORE – Lahore has topped the global ranking of the world’s most polluted cities, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 181 on Saturday. According to IQAir index, Singapore ranked second with an AQI of 177, followed by Kuching with 171. India’s Kolkata was ranked fourth with an AQI of 168. Air pollution levels were […] ## 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](https://harzaviya.com/stories/13965-lahore-tops-world-s-most-polluted-cities-list) · 13 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 94% related - [Lahore ranked among most polluted cities globally](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11918-lahore-tops-world-pollution-rankings-again) · 2 Oct 2026 · 7 outlets · 93% related - [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 · 93% related - [Lahore ranks as world’s most polluted city as AQI reaches 204](https://harzaviya.com/stories/10759-lahore-ranks-as-world-s-most-polluted-city-as-aqi-reaches) · 27 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 2 developments · 89% related - [Lahore ranks 16th among world’s most polluted cities](https://harzaviya.com/stories/7540-lahore-climbs-to-16th-on-global-pollution-index-as-punjab) · 10 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 84% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 19–20 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.