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SEMINAR ON DENGUE AND CONGO FEVER TO BE HELD IN CIVIC CENTRE SEMINAR HALL....

(Source: Karachi Metropolitan Corporation) SEMINAR ON DENGUE AND CONGO FEVER TO BE HELD IN CIVIC CENTRE SEMINAR HALL. 24-Sep-2013 Karachi: Sep 24: Following the directives of KMC Administrator Saqib...

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Over 200 dead in Pakistan heatwave

A Pakistani Muslim man cools down with water at a mosque during a heatwave in Karachi on Monday. Photo: AFP Karachi: More than 200 people have died in a heatwave in southern Pakistan, officials say....

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Heatwave in Pakistan's Sindh province leaves 120 dead

22 June 2015 From the section Asia Many families in Karachi have seen their loved ones suffer in the heat More than 120 people have died during a heatwave in Pakistan's southern Sindh province. Health...

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Pakistan heatwave death toll climbs past 1,200

The death toll from the severe heatwave in southern Pakistan over the past week has climbed to 1,233, despite cooler temperatures bringing some relief to residents, officials said. In Karachi,...

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Karachi heatwave kills almost 150 people in two days

Hundreds more are treated for heat-related ailments as temperature in the southern Pakistani port city reaches 45C ...

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Pakistan heatwave death toll jumps to 1,200

June 25: Over 1,200 people have died in Pakistan’s Sindh province due to a heatwave described as the worst in decades, as major hospitals in the country’s largest city struggled to cope with the...

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Over 200 dead in Pakistan heatwave: officials

More than 200 people have died in a heatwave in southern Pakistan, officials said Monday, as the government called in the army to help tackle widespread heatstroke in the worst-hit city Karachi. The...

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Pakistan heatwave death toll soars past 1,000

The death toll from a severe heatwave in southern Pakistan has climbed past 1,000, even as cooler conditions brought some relief to the region. Temperatures in Karachi and surrounding areas in Sindh...

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Heatwave claims another 66 lives in Sindh

KARACHI: As most of the over 300 unidentified victims of the punishing heatwave were buried by the Edhi Foundation by Saturday evening, the continuing death of heatstroke victims — 55 in Karachi and 11...

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Heatwave eases, but still claims 105 lives

KARACHI: Another 105 people died of heatstroke on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 1,116 in Sindh, even though the harsh weather that has overwhelmed the province for a week subsided considerably....

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Pakistan heatwave kills nearly 150 in Karachi as electricity grid crashes...

An intense heatwave killed nearly 150 people over the weekend in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi, officials said on Monday, as the electricity grid crashed during the first days of the Muslim holy...

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Pakistan heatwave death toll crosses 400

Karachi, June 23 (ANI): The death toll from a devastating heatwave in Pakistan has crossed 400 with at least...

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Five more die as Sindh lifts ‘heatwave emergency’

KARACHI: Sindh health authorities on Thursday announced five more deaths in the province — four in Karachi and one in Tando Allahyar — as it formally lifted the ‘heatwave emergency’ it had imposed...

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Pakistan heatwave kills more than 600 over three days

The death toll in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, which has been struck by a heatwave, has reached 622, a senior health official has said. Senior provincial health official Saeed Mangnejo said on...

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CM Sindh surfaces as over 770 perish in blistering heat

KARACHI: In his first speech addressing the heatwave that has claimed over 770 lives in his province, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah made a surprising decision directing schools, colleges and...

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Heatwave in Pakistan kills over 1,200

Pakistan's worst heatwave in decades has claimed over 1,200 lives in Karachi as authorities have ordered closure of all educational institutions and government offices while the army has also been...

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CM Sindh surfaces as nearly 700 perish in blistering heat

KARACHI: In his first speech addressing the heatwave that has claimed nearly 700 lives in his province, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah made a surprising decision directing schools, colleges...

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Pakistan heatwave: Death toll tops 400 in Karachi as morgues overflow and...

More than 400 people have died in just three days as a heatwave hits Pakistan’s largest city. Karachi, which has an estimated population of 23.5 million people, has seen temperatures of up to 44C...

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Karachi heatwave claims over 70 lives

KARACHI: The scorching heatwave that has gripped Karachi since the start of Ramazan claimed the lives of scores of more than 70 people till Sunday night, according to health and rescue officials. “So...

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Pakistan heatwave kills 572, over 400 in Karachi

Over 570 people have been killed across Pakistan due to a persisting heatwave in the country with casualty figures in the largest city of Karachi and other districts of the southern province of Sindh...

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