LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani province declared a health emergency Friday due to smog and imposed a shutdown in two major cities. Smog has choked Punjab for weeks, sickening nearly 2 million people and shrouding vast swathes of the province in a toxic haze.

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

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