Heatwave in Pakistan kills 65 people and leaves dozens passing out in the street as temperatures rocket to 108 degrees Fahrenheit




People sleep on a pavement, to escape the heat and frequent power outages

Dozens of people are feared to have died in a heatwave gripping Pakistan's largest city Karachi. The heatwave coincides with the beginning of Ramadan, when millions of devout Pakistanis abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset.

The heat wave has foreced people sleep on a pavement, to escape the heat and frequent power outages that leave them without air conditioning. A boy managed to get some relief from a pray of cold water in his face.


A boy reacts as he receives a spray of cold water, to avoid the intense heatwave


A leaking water pipe provides an opportunity for these people to get some relief from the heat


The broken pipe attracted a large crowd of people keen to escape the blistering heat


People resting from the heat in a mosque in Karachi


Pakistanis cool off at the beach in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city


Bus passengers get a welcome spray of cool water to prevent heat stroke


Men and children cool off from the heatwave, as they are sprayed with water coming out of a leaking water pipe

In 2015, the Edhi morgue ran out of freezer space after about 650 bodies were brought in the space of a few days. Ambulances left decaying corpses outside in sweltering heat.

The provincial government has assured residents that there would be no repeat of 2015 and was working on ensuring those in need of care receive rapid treatment.

Edhi said most of the dead brought to the morgue were working class factory workers who came from the low-income Landhi and Korangi areas of Karachi.

'They work around heaters and boilers in textile factories and there is eight to nine hours of (scheduled power outages) in these areas,' he said.

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