People drink plum and tamarind drink to cool off during a hot summer day as the heatwave continues, in Jacobabad, Pakistan on May 25, 2024. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





Buffaloes cool off on the banks of the Indus River, during a hot summer day as the heatwave continues in Jamshoro, Pakistan on May 28, 2024. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)





People gather at the beach during a hot weather day in Karachi, Pakistan, 29 May 2024. Pakistan is experiencing a severe heat wave, with temperatures reaching up to 50 degrees Celsius in some areas, causing health concerns for citizens. Cities such as Dadu and Moenjodaro have reached a scorching 50 degrees Celsius, while Karachi, the country's financial hub, is bracing for its hottest week of the year, with temperatures potentially hitting 40-42 degrees Celsius. The Met Office has warned that plain areas will remain under this severe heatwave, with possible dusty winds and thunderstorms. Citizens are advised to stay cool and hydrated, as the heatwave is expected to continue. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Labourers load ice blocks onto a vehicle on a hot summer day in Lahore on May 30, 2024, amid the ongoing heatwave. Pakistan's meteorological office has forecast three heatwaves – one already underway and two more set to hit in early and late June. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





Pakistani zookeepers splash water on an elephant to keep him cool at Karachi zoo during a hot-weather day in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, May 30, 2024. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





A girl uses a traditional hand fan while sitting in a train at the railway station on a hot summer day in Lahore on May 30, 2024, amid the ongoing heatwave. Pakistan's meteorological office has forecast three heatwaves – one already underway and two more set to hit in early and late June. (Photo by Syed Murtaza/AFP Photo)





A vendor loads ice blocks onto a donkey cart on a hot summer day in Jaffarabad, in Pakistan's Balochistan province on May 31, 2024, amid the ongoing heatwave. Pakistan's meteorological office has forecast three heatwaves – one already underway and two more set to hit in early and late June. (Photo by Fida Hussain/AFP Photo)





Drivers sleep at a bus station on a hot summer day in Lahore on June 2, 2024, amid severe heatwave. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





Supporters of Pakistan's jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan celebrate after he was acquitted of leaking state secrets following a court verdict in Karachi, Pakistan, 03 June 2024. A Pakistani court on 03 June overturned Khan's conviction in a case related to the leaking of official secrets. His close aide Shah Mahmood Qureshi, a former foreign minister, was also exonerated in the case concerning an alleged diplomatic cable sent by Pakistan's then ambassador to Washington, Asad Majeed Khan, to the government led by Khan. Khan remains in jail due to his sentence in the unlawful marriage case. However, Qureshi may be released if the police do not arrest him for any other charges. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)





A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child during a door-to-door vaccination campaign, in Karachi, Pakistan, 03 June 2024. A 2.5-year-old child from Shikarpur district, Sindh, has been paralyzed by wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), marking the fourth case in Pakistan in 2024, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health in Islamabad notified. The virus is genetically linked to a cluster that disappeared from Pakistan in mid-2021 but was reintroduced through cross-border transmission from Afghanistan. According to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Health Qasim Ali Shah, a week-long anti-polio campaign was launched on 03 June, to vaccinate in nine districts of the province including the provincial capital, to administer polio drops to 3.5 million children aiming to eliminate the disease from the country. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two nations where poliovirus is still endemic. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA/EFE)





A health worker marks the wall of a house in which she has administered polio vaccine to a child, during a door-to-door vaccination campaign, in Peshawar, Pakistan, 03 June 2024. A 2.5-year-old child from Shikarpur district, Sindh, has been paralyzed by wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1), marking the fourth case in Pakistan this year, the Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health in Islamabad notified. The virus is genetically linked to a cluster that disappeared from Pakistan in mid-2021 but was reintroduced through cross-border transmission from Afghanistan. According to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Health Qasim Ali Shah, a week-long anti-polio campaign was launched on 03 June, to vaccinate in nine districts of the province including the provincial capital, to administer polio drops to 3.5 million children aiming to eliminate the disease from the country. Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two nations where poliovirus is still endemic. (Photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA/EFE)





Fishing boats are seen among rubbish accumulated in the waters of the harbor on the eve of World Environment Day in Karachi, Pakistan on June 04, 2024. World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated every year on 5 June to raise global awareness to take positive environmental action to protect nature and the planet Earth. (Photo by Sabir Mazhar/Anadolu via Getty Images)





Rag pickers look for recyclable materials at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Lahore on June 5, 2024. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)





A Pakistani vendor makes a design on a camel to attract customers at a cattle market set up for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, June. 6, 2024. (Photo by Fareed Khan/AP Photo)





Pakistani vendors prepare to unload their livestock at a livestock market set up for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, June. 7, 2024. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





A livestock vendor gives bath to a bull at a cattle market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, on the outskirts of Karachi on June 10, 2024. (Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP Photo)





Pakistan cricket supporters react after India defeated Pakistan during a live broadcast of the 2024 ICC men's Twenty20 World Cup group A cricket match between Pakistan and India played in New York, at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on June 10, 2024. (Photo by Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo)





A man (R) attends a phone call in front of a mobile advertisement displayed along a street in Karachi on June 12, 2024. Pakistan's Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb is due to present the country's annual federal budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025 before the National Assembly on June 12. (Photo by Rizwan Tabassum/AFP Photo)





A labourer pulls a hand cart carrying empty water bottles on a hot summer day at a market in Rawalpindi on June 12, 2024 amid heatwave. (Photo by Farooq Naeem/AFP Photo)





A herder sits amid his camels at a livestock market in Lahore on June 13, 2024, ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)