Pakistan's Punjab province on Wednesday ordered schools closed in smog hit main cities, shifting them to online learning until November 17, a provincial minister said, as the country battled record air pollution.

Classes will be suspended this week at primary schools across Pakistan’s second-largest city, Lahore, after it reported record levels of pollution over the weekend. Education authorities in Punjab, the province that includes Lahore,

Pakistani officials say dangerously poor air quality has forced the provincial government in Lahore to close primary schools for a week