Return of the smog: Toxic air continues to choke parts of Lahore Experts say government needs long-term strategy to control pollution in the city Motorcyclists drive through a thick blanket of smog in Lahore. PHOTO: ABID NAWAZ/EXPRESS LAHORE: Punjab’s capital is struggling with another season of hazardous air quality. Despite measures by the provincial administration, parts of Lahore remain engulfed in a thick blanket of smog. According to IQAir, a portal that provides a real-time pollution map, the average daily air quality in parts of Punjab’s capital hovered between unhealthy and very unhealthy over the past week.