Men and children cool off during intense hot weather at China Creek in Karachi, Pakistan, June 22, 2015. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
KARACHI (Reuters) - A heat wave has killed more than 400 people in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi over the past three days, health officials said on Tuesday, as they set up emergency medical camps in the streets.
The heat wave coincides with major power cuts, leading to harsh criticism of the provincial government and K-electric, the company that supplies electricity to Karachi, the country's richest city and home to 20 million people.
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