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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Rahmat Tunio in Jacobabad

‘It seems this heat will take our lives’: Pakistan city fearful after hitting 51C

A woman using a paper sheet to fan her child amid a power cut during a heatwave in Jacobabad on 11 May.
A woman using a paper sheet to fan her child amid a power cut during a heatwave in Jacobabad on 11 May. Photograph: Aamir Qureshi/AFP/Getty Images

Muhammad Akbar, 40, sells dried chickpeas on a wheelbarrow in Jacobabad, and has suffered heatstroke three times in his life.

But now, he says, the heat is getting worse. “In those days there were many trees in the whole city and there was no shortage of water and we had other facilities so we could easily beat the heat. But now there are no trees or other facilities including water, due to which the heat is becoming unbearable. I’m scared that this heat will take our lives in the coming years.”

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