All the predictions about weather change are coming true. As a result various parts of the world were recently hit by extreme weather and Pakistan is no exception. We are actually on the front line of weather change as, according to Rubina Khursheed Alam, the prime minister’s coordinator on climate, Pakistan is the fifth most vulnerable country to the impact of climate change.

This has resulted in above normal rains, floods and now due to extreme weather change the government is running awareness campaigns to prepare the population for ongoing and incoming heat waves. Temperatures across the country are hitting the roof.

Just looking at the figures regarding temperatures across the country you wonder how people can survive in such blistering conditions in a country where not only the people but the institutions concerned are ill equipped to deal with such a situation.

Take the example of Mohenjo Daro, this town in Sindh is better known for its archaeological sites and here temperatures rose as high as........

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