The heatwave season has begun. Already, Karachi is passing through the first of these heat waves as temperatures soar, but this is still not the worst heatwave on record. The worst heatwave to strike the city was in June 2024 in which according to records 568 people lost their lives.

On some days the heatwave was relentless and continued to claim lives like the 141 who died on 25th June alone. This time around, the heatwave is not as relentless as the previous one. On most days as evening draws near, the sea wind starts to penetrate and temperatures are brought down to a tolerable level.

The nights specially are not as bad as in the previous heatwave in which the temperatures between night and day hardly varied much and those not enjoying the benefits of an AC spent sleepless nights turning and twisting in their beds.

While the people of Karachi and to a greater extent the people in rural and more affected areas of Pakistan await the arrival of summer with some apprehension it is quite the opposite in cold countries like........

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