EVEN as he faced a difficult crowd at the finance ministry’s post-budget press conference, it seems that Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb had other issues on his mind too.

With the federal capital experiencing one of its hottest days in recorded history — the temperature outside had soared to 45°C on Wednesday, just 1.6°C shy of an all-time high — he could not help but share some observations about the weather.

“It is no longer just about the floods of 2022 — those of us living in Islamabad now experience windstorms and hailstorms every week. This never happened before. We are living climate change day in and day out,” he told the media present.

It was a poignant moment: a powerful minister expressing........

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