KARACHI (Staff Report) – Scorching heat has reportedly claimed over 150 lives in in the port city.
According to an Edhi spokesperson, above 150 bodies have been brought to morgue. Thirty people will be laid to rest at the Edhi’s graveyard located at Moach Goth area of Karachi.
However, accordig to the spokesman, not all of the deceased persons have died due to the heat wave in the city. Some of them died of illness.
The relatives of the people who died due to the heat said that the weather has made it difficult for the people to live. They urged the administration to take steps for ending the prlonged loadshedding in the city.
Mercury in Karachi came down to 39 degree Celcius after it rose to 44 degrees, breaking the record of the hottest day in the past 10 years.
