Laborers sleep on the roadside during an early hot summer morning in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Pakistani port city Karachi and some other parts of the country continued to experience heat wave these days. Laborers sleep on the roadside during an early hot summer morning in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 29, 2024. Pakistani port city Karachi and some other parts of the country continued to experience heat wave these days.
The study, conducted by UNICEF’s Economist Impact Unit and released Friday, comes as Pakistan is experiencing an intense heatwave that has sickened thousands of people, further burdening the country’s health care system. UNICEF said resilient energy refers to reliable, flexible, accessible and quality power supplies that can withstand and recover quickly from unanticipated shocks, such as power outages and floods.
This year, Pakistan recorded its wettest April since 1961 with more than double the usual rainfall for the month. Heavy rains last month killed