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Climate Change23 October 2026

Lahore’s Urbanization Crisis: Smog, Extreme Heat & Floods

Haseeb Ahmad

Lahore was greener when the canal banks, the old parks, and the tree-lined roads earned it the name city of gardens. That nickname is more of a memory now. Newer suburbs show how fast the city has hardened, and with that change have come smog, extreme heat, and urban flooding.

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