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Severe heatwave strikes Pakistan

This was stated by the Director of Regional Meteorological Centre Karachi, Abdul Rasheed on Saturday.   The maximum temperature recorded in Karachi on Saturday was 42.7 degree centigrade.   “Very hot weather will prevail in Karachi till Monday”, Abdul Rasheed…

MAGNITUDE 5.3 PAKISTAN

Subject To Change Depth: 17 km Distances: 287 km N of Karachi, Pakistan / pop: 11,624,219 / local time: 18:16:02.1 2015-08-03 153 km SE of Khārān, Pakistan / pop: 30,841 / local time: 18:16:02.1 2015-08-03 126 km N of…

Severe heatwave kills at least 1,233 in Pakistan

A Pakistani official says the devastating weeklong heat wave in the southern port city of Karachi has killed 1,233 people.   Nazar Mohammad Bozdar, operations director at the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, said Saturday that 65,000 heatstroke patients were treated…