Heatwave

Stressed Italian cows get air-conditioned sheds to combat heatwave

Italian farmers are installing showers and air conditioning in cowsheds and pigsties to allow the… Read More

PM arrives in Karachi

KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived Karachi on Wednesday as sea breeze subsides the devastating… Read More

Tennis players and pilgrims swelter as heatwave hits Europe

PARIS: Tennis players at Wimbledon, fasting Muslims and ailing religious pilgrims in Lourdes were among… Read More

UPDATED: Heatwave death toll in Karachi reaches 1260

KARACHI: The death toll caused by the heatwave in Karachi crossed 1400 after 14 people… Read More

About 60-65 percent of Karachi heatwave victims were beggars, heroin addicts: Sindh health minister

KARACHI: Nearly two-thirds of the victims of a killer heatwave that swept Karachi last week… Read More

PM Nawaz postpones Karachi visit

KARACHI: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's scheduled Karachi visit has been postponed and he will likely… Read More

Karachi’s deadly heatwave in pictures…

Over a thousand lives have been lost in Karachi during the past five days of… Read More

Mass funeral for unclaimed victims of deadly Karachi heatwave

KARACHI: Pakistani welfare volunteers on Friday held a mass funeral for 50 victims of Karachi's… Read More

Opposition marks Black Day in Punjab over Karachi casualties, load shedding

LAHORE/MULTAN: Opposition parties in Punjab today observed a Black Day over Karachi casualties due to… Read More

Majority of our patients had low levels potassium and sodium from excessive sweating: AKUH

KARACHI: An analysis of the 353 heatstroke patients received at the Aga Khan University Hospital… Read More

UN offers assistance to Pakistan in wake of deadly heatwave

UNITED NATIONS: Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) Ban Ki-moon has offered assistance to… Read More

EXCLUSIVE: Heatwave deaths in Karachi linked to climate change, says expert

By Azhar Khan and Raza Haidery KARACHI: It was so unusual for the Karachiites to… Read More

‘Urban heat island’ phenomenon behind Karachi’s recent heatwave

The "Urban heat island" effect turns a city into a furnace, where the scorching temperature… Read More

Tired of government inaction, Karachi residents organize relief on their own

KARACHI: Tired of government inaction and lethargy, and with the death toll caused by the… Read More

Memon holds K-Electric, Ministry of Water Power responsible for Karachi casualties

KARACHI: Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon on Tuesday held K-Electric and Ministry of Water and… Read More

10 heatstroke centres set up by Rangers in Sindh — here is how you can contact them

RAWALPINDI/KARACHI: Pakistan Army and Sindh Rangers have formed heatstroke centers for the people affected from… Read More

Karachi authorities plan ‘cloud seeding’ to scale down effects of lethal heatwave

KARACHI: Authorities on Monday hinted at using artificial rain in Karachi to scale down the… Read More

Twitter users in Pakistan react to Karachi heatwave with humour

KARACHI: Users of social media website Twitter took to the micro-blogging website to react on… Read More

Heatwave kills six more in Sehwan

SEHWAN: Six more persons including a woman died due to the severe heatwave in Sehwan… Read More

India reels under heatwave as death toll tops 2,000

NEW DELHI: India's brutal weeks-long heatwave has killed more than 2,000 people, authorities said Saturday,… Read More