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Trending #GarmiBachaoTotke as twitterati find humor in Karachi heat

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PMD has also forecasted intermittent rain in heatwave-hit Karachi.

(Web Desk) – The scorching heat that severely hit different areas of Sindh has claimed at least 815 lives. The majority of people died in government-run hospitals in the port city of Karachi, Pakistan s economic hub of around 20 million people, as temperatures reached 45 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) at the weekend.

Electricity shortages have crippled the water supply system in Karachi, hampering the pumping of millions of gallons of water to consumers, the state-run water utility said.

Pakistan s largest charity, Edhi Welfare Organisation, said their two morgues in the city had received more than 400 corpses in the last three days.
Meanwhile, seven people have died from the heat in Punjab province over the past 24 hours, officials said.

Some clerics have issued public warnings saying that physically weak people can abstain from fasting in these tough conditions.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has issued special instructions to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and other relevant organisations to arrange urgent assistance for the heatwave victims.

On the other hand, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Wednesday has forecasted rain in heatwave-hit Karachi. After bearing scorching heat for four days, Karachiites have finally got some good news from PMD. Officials have said that ‘killer heat wave’ is likely to be overtaken by the tidal winds whereas cloudy weather along with intermittent rain has also been predicted by the experts that will continue till Thursday.

Social networking site Twitter has been stirred up by trending #GarmiBachaoTotke advising the heat-stricken masses with different remedies to avoid hot weather.

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