Lahore primary schools shut over record pollution: Pakistan officials

LAHORE: Pakistan’s second city of Lahore will close primary schools for a week over record levels of pollution, authorities said Sunday.
“Because the direction of the wind from India is toward Lahore... Montessori, playgroup and primary schools up to Grade 5 are being given a week off,” Punjab senior minister Marriyum Aurangzeb told a news conference, adding that smog counters have been established in hospitals.