Pakistan ordered school closures, postponed exams, and put hospitals on alert, as a severe heatwave swept through the country.

Pakistan’s chief meteorologist Sardar Sarfraz said the daytime temperatures in some southern and south-western parts were likely to cross 50 degrees Celsius during the weeklong heatwave, which is eight degrees Celsius above normal levels.

Provincial Education Minister Rana Sikander said Schools in the central province of Punjab will remain closed until May 31 to protect children from a direct exposure to sunshine.

Hundreds of people are killed in Pakistan every year in climate-induced incidents while thousands lose their homes and livelihoods in a country that contributes hardly anything to global carbon omissions, according to official stats.

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