Over a thousand lives have been lost in Karachi during the past five days of an unrelenting heatwave. Every day brings with it the tragic news of hundreds of deaths -- deaths that could have been avoided if the city was better governed, had a reliable and constant supply of electricity and its residents had ready access to abundant supplies of clean drinking water.
Lawyer by profession and social activist Jibran Nasir took to task Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah for deplorable condition of Jinnah Hospital.
Renowned religious scholar from Jamia Binoria Karachi and Shaikh ul Hadith Mufti Naeem has said that fast can be forgone during the current ongoing heatwave in the country.
ISLAMABAD: Leader of Opposition Syed Khursheed Shah has said that hundreds of people die in Karachi heatwave due to the power loadshedding and held the federal government responsible for the deaths, ARY News reported on Tuesday.