Pakistan Heatwave Death Toll

An acute energy crisis in Pakistan has worsened prolonged power outages in the country, as small business owners struggle to continue work in the face of soaring temperatures, reported local media.

Nearly two-thirds of the victims of a killer heatwave that swept southern Pakistan last week were homeless people, a minister said today, as the death toll in Karachi reached over 1,200.

Pakistani welfare volunteers held a mass funeral for 50 victims of Karachi's worst heatwave in decades, whose bodies had gone unclaimed.

Sea breezes brought cooler temperatures today to ease a heat wave that killed more than 1,150 people over a week around Pakistan's teeming port city of Karachi during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

The worst heat wave to hit Pakistan's southern city of Karachi for nearly 35 years has killed more than 1,000 people, a charity said today, as morgues ran out of space and public hospitals struggled to cope.

The death toll from Pakistan's killer heatwave rose to 800 today, as cloud cover and lower temperatures brought some relief to the worst-hit city Karachi.

A deadly heatwave that has killed nearly 700 people in southern Pakistan showed signs of easing today, bringing some respite to the sweltering city of Karachi.

Pakistan's financial capital of Karachi is wilting in a four-day heat wave that has killed more than 780 people, a health charity said today, as the government declared a holiday in the city to encourage people to stay home and cool off.

Nearly 700 people have died in a severe three-day heatwave in Pakistan, officials said today, with medics battling to treat patients as a state of emergency was declared in hospitals.

More than 500 people have died from a three-day heatwave in southern Pakistan, officials said today, as medics battled to treat victims after a state of emergency was declared in hospitals.

More than 450 people have now died from a three-day heatwave in southern Pakistan, officials said today, as medics battled to treat victims after a state of emergency was declared in hospitals.

A heatwave in Pakistan's largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said Sunday.

An acute energy crisis in Pakistan has worsened prolonged power outages in the country, as small business owners struggle to continue work in the face of soaring temperatures, reported local media.

Nearly two-thirds of the victims of a killer heatwave that swept southern Pakistan last week were homeless people, a minister said today, as the death toll in Karachi reached over 1,200.

Pakistani welfare volunteers held a mass funeral for 50 victims of Karachi's worst heatwave in decades, whose bodies had gone unclaimed.

Sea breezes brought cooler temperatures today to ease a heat wave that killed more than 1,150 people over a week around Pakistan's teeming port city of Karachi during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

The worst heat wave to hit Pakistan's southern city of Karachi for nearly 35 years has killed more than 1,000 people, a charity said today, as morgues ran out of space and public hospitals struggled to cope.

The death toll from Pakistan's killer heatwave rose to 800 today, as cloud cover and lower temperatures brought some relief to the worst-hit city Karachi.

A deadly heatwave that has killed nearly 700 people in southern Pakistan showed signs of easing today, bringing some respite to the sweltering city of Karachi.

Pakistan's financial capital of Karachi is wilting in a four-day heat wave that has killed more than 780 people, a health charity said today, as the government declared a holiday in the city to encourage people to stay home and cool off.

Nearly 700 people have died in a severe three-day heatwave in Pakistan, officials said today, with medics battling to treat patients as a state of emergency was declared in hospitals.

More than 500 people have died from a three-day heatwave in southern Pakistan, officials said today, as medics battled to treat victims after a state of emergency was declared in hospitals.

More than 450 people have now died from a three-day heatwave in southern Pakistan, officials said today, as medics battled to treat victims after a state of emergency was declared in hospitals.

A heatwave in Pakistan's largest city Karachi and other districts of southern Sindh province has killed at least 122 people, health officials said Sunday.