Pakistan's poor perish as heatwave sears Karachi

Описание: As southern Pakistan sears in temperatures hitting 45 degrees celcius health officials say more than 700 people have died over the past three days.

Most of the deaths have occured in Karachi.

==#Pakistan heatwave deaths close to 700 http://t.co/eGRBNBpnKD #nst170 pic.twitter.com/3fLC8WBSQU— New Straits Times (@NST_Online) June 24, 2015
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The situation is not helped by frequent power cuts that render fans and air-conditioning redundant.

Hospitals are inundated.

Seemi Jamali is h…
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