Toxic smog in Pakistan province is endangering children, UN warns

Smog envelops an area in Lahore, Pakistan (KM Chaudary/AP)

The health of 11 million children in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is in danger because of air pollution, the UN children’s agency has warned.

Toxic smog has shrouded Pakistan’s cultural capital of Lahore and 17 other districts in Punjab since last month.