Pakistani authorities have declared a health emergency in the country's east due to smog. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly 2 million people and shrouding vast swathes of the province in a toxic haze.

The escalating smog crisis in Punjab has prompted the government to declare a health emergency in Lahore and Multan, the two cities most affected by

The board was created to offer recommendations to Hochul and the Legislature on how opioid settlement funds should be spent.