Doctors treat hundreds of heatstroke victims as Pakistan hit by heatwave

Volunteers provided lime sugar water to people at a camp in Karachi (Fareed Khan/AP)

Doctors were treating hundreds of victims of heatstroke at hospitals across Pakistan on Thursday after an intense heatwave sent temperatures above normal levels due to climate change, officials said.

Temperatures hit 49C the previous day in Mohenjo Daro. The city, known for its archaeological sites, is in southern Sindh province.