Mass funeral held for 50 heat wave victims in Pakistan’s Karachi
A mass funeral ceremony has been held in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh for 50 victims of the country’s deadly heat wave whose bodies no one showed up to claim.
The ceremony was held on Friday by the welfare Edhi Foundation in Sindh’s provincial capital, Karachi. Most of the dead were reportedly heroin addicts from poor neighborhoods.
The blistering heat wave struck the southern parts of Pakistan last weekend. Karachi was the worst-hit city, which experienced heat peaking at around 45 degrees Celsius (113 Fahrenheit).
Pakistani officials said another 105 people died of heatstroke on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 1,116 in Sindh.
“In my whole life, I have not seen such a large number of deaths due to heatstroke,” said Abdul Sattar Edhi, the Edhi charity group’s founder.
Karachi hospitals have treated nearly 80,000 people for the effects of the scorching temperatures and dehydration during the week, according to medical officials.
Temperatures, however, has subsided to the mid-30s and Karachi’s customary cooling sea breeze has started up, bringing relief to the city’s 20 million inhabitants.
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