Heatwave toll climbs to 1233

THE death toll from a week-long heatwave in Karachi has reached 1233, with almost 2000 others currently being treated in hospitals, officials say.

The death toll from a week-long heatwave in a Pakistani city has reached 1233, officials say.

A PAKISTANI official says the devastating week-long heatwave in the southern port city of Karachi has killed 1233 people.

NAZAR Mohammad Bozdar, operations director at the Provincial Disaster Management Authority, said on Saturday that 65,000 heatstroke patients were treated at the city's hospitals since June 20 when the heat wave struck Sindh province and its capital, Karachi.