{"id":30061,"date":"2023-11-30T16:03:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/will-there-be-school-holiday-in-lahore-on-friday-amid-worsening-smog-pakistan-observer\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T16:03:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T16:03:05","slug":"will-there-be-school-holiday-in-lahore-on-friday-amid-worsening-smog-pakistan-observer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/will-there-be-school-holiday-in-lahore-on-friday-amid-worsening-smog-pakistan-observer\/","title":{"rendered":"Will there be school holiday in Lahore on Friday amid worsening smog? &#8211; Pakistan Observer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The interim government in Punjab earlier shut down <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/sindh-announces-winter-vacations-for-schools-2023\/\">schools<\/a><\/strong>, and other educational institutions as the city witnessed air pollution and the levels soared to alarming level.<\/p>\n<p>Air quality Index AQI in the city were around 200, a level categorised as unhealthy by Swiss group <em>IQAir<\/em>, although it was not as bad as the 400 range hit earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>A notification shared by local office said it is to be clear that all schools will remain open for the whole week now (i.e. from Monday to Saturday) and there will be no holiday on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-517112\" src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0641\u06af\u06af\u06be.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0641\u06af\u06af\u06be.jpg 760w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0641\u06af\u06af\u06be-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/\u0641\u06af\u06af\u06be-750x819.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In recent development, the government ruled out early winter vacations in Lahore despite the fact that a blanket of smog thickened in the metropolis, and adjoining areas, causing residents to visit hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the government is taking measures to curb air pollution, and a crackdown against smoke-emitting vehicles is underway.<\/p>\n<h2>Lahore\u2019s Air Quality Index AQI<\/h2>\n<p>Lahore continues to remain among most polluted cities in the world <a href=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/lahore-faces-high-levels-of-smog\/\">AQI<\/a>\u00a0touched hazardous level. From\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/lockdown-work-from-home-policy-likely-to-be-imposed-in-lahore-as-smog-worsens\/\">vehicle emissions<\/a> to industrial pollution, and construction activities to stubble burning, the capital of the region grapples with several crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of Lahore received light rain in midnight, and it helped clearing thick smog in the city.<\/p>\n<p>The city witnessed showers in several regions, that also caused dip in mercury, with the moisture level in the air remained over 70pc.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Hz7aHo6235\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/sindh-announces-winter-vacations-for-schools-2023\/\">Sindh announces winter vacations for schools 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cSindh announces winter vacations for schools 2023\u201d \u2014 Pakistan Observer\" src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/will-there-be-school-holiday-in-lahore-on-friday-amid-worsening-smog\/about:blank\" data-secret=\"Hz7aHo6235\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/sindh-announces-winter-vacations-for-schools-2023\/embed\/#?secret=WLdUym8Cxd#?secret=Hz7aHo6235\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cSindh announces winter vacations for schools 2023\u201d \u2014 Pakistan Observer\" src=\"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/sindh-announces-winter-vacations-for-schools-2023\/embed\/#?secret=WLdUym8Cxd#?secret=Hz7aHo6235\" data-secret=\"Hz7aHo6235\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The interim government in Punjab earlier shut down schools, and other educational institutions as the city witnessed air pollution and the levels soared to alarming level. Air quality Index AQI in the city were around 200, a level categorised as unhealthy by Swiss group IQAir, although it was not as bad as the 400 range [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/pakobserver.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/punjab-announces-closure-of-schools-amid-worsening-pollution-1699357058-1401.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[198],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lahore-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}