‘Suffocating’: Pakistanis suffer under extreme heat as temperatures top 50 degrees • FRANCE 24

parts of Punjab are scorching under a brutal heat wave with some areas exceeding 47° C the temperature is 4 to 6° higher than the average at this time of the year this farmer puts a wet cloth on his head to cool off despite the heat Muhammad Imran works during the hottest hours of the day you see here that the seeds have germinated but nothing has grown it’s because of the Heat 40% of this plot has become Barren we sweat a lot we have aches everywhere and we’re exhausted before sleeping I take paracetamol but the next morning I still feel fatigued it’s so hot I take a muscle relaxer before starting work and we have to work more because we have to water our crops more the country’s hospitals are overwhelmed by hundreds of patients due to extreme heat the symptoms are the same dehydration nausea dizziness and extreme fatigue this 70-year-old man fell ill after going out to run errands as our country is poor most people cannot afford trop facilities like air conditioning and this situation adds a burden to the air sector with each stroke already overloaded hospitals come under most stress the dangerous heat is a daily challenge for a large number of pakistanis 1/5th of the population lives under the poverty line we don’t have running water it only comes for a few hours a day and we store it in buckets and Jerry cans oh it’s very hard especially at night often I wake up in the middle of the night sweating and suffocating I have to go outside to get some fresh air I don’t have money to buy an air conditioner or even pay for its electricity cost Pakistan is not yet done with extreme heat two more heat waves are expected to hit the country in the coming weeks

Pakistan is facing a heatwave with temperatures exceeding 52 degrees Celsius in the southern province of Sindh, close to the highest temperature ever recorded in the country. With such extreme heat becoming increasingly common, it is often the country’s farmers, labourers and those living in poverty that suffer most.
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43 comments

  1. Rich countries emitting giga tonnes of carbons and blaming asian countries where carbon emission per capita/ per person is extremely low, because people over there can't afford luxury cars, airplane journey, air conditioner, 24×7 electricity.

  4. I hope temperatures rech at highest peak 60°c in south asia ..than all economic down like hell within month and start begging from western countries for help 😂😂😂

  11. Its like this in may and its normal in Pakistan. Their is no humidity weather is better then July here. This year april was coldest I have experienced. Even first week of may was cooler. Now heat is coming 😅.

  14. Europe contributes more to climate change than India. Industrialization and then colonization to steal raw materials started in Europe and unfortunately its us third world people who suffer from the legacy of colonization

  16. Too Hot extreme weather
    but the govt. Instead of give relief they are increasing electricity charges they are killing people's and itself getting all for free
    How brutal they are
    😡

  19. Perils of climate change, wonder what the weather is going to be like in the next 10-years! Only God can help!

  20. The extreme hot weather is in Pakistan ',s Sindh Province specially in Larkana , jaccobad and Sukkur district.But no news here for this

    Lahore is more better than many cuties of Pakistan ac compared by Heat Index

  24. Same thing going on in India (a girl in college actually fainted because of the heat), and Bangladesh (tge heat became so unbearable that schools were closed).

  26. We are not only suffering from heat and hunger, but more than that, supporting the undemocratic corrupt regime of Western civilized countries for their own benefit is a disaster for the people of Pakistan.

  27. Pakistan doesn’t have any policy to control climate change and unfortunately it has two worst carbon emissions countries in neighbour India and china and rapid growth of population makes it worse 😢

  30. In Lahore,Pakistan i never seen such heat wave in 33 years, temperature reached 48°c.. Solar flares, cutting trees and pollution are the main reasons behind this..

  32. 0:58 damn nice govt hospital with nice clean facilities
    Hindu nationalists told me Pakistanis are way behind india in progress 😢
    They lied 😢

  38. The world will soon know what does climate do to food supply. Pakistan is the 5th largest by population and almost 70% of it is agriculture meaning its one of the biggest food exporter. If nothing is growing then many are going to be impacted. Same is being reported in other regions.

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