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How is Pakistan dealing with its heatwave?

In the largest city of Pakistan, Karachi, the death toll passed 1000, with temperatures as high as 45 degrees Celsius. One of our listeners, a student Syed Hussain Ali Shah, said that government is not providing enough help.

(Picture: Pakistanis cool off at a beach on the Arabian Sea during a heatwave in Karachi. Credit: Asif Hassan AFP/Getty Images)

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