It was not too long ago that I had written about the unusual deaths by lightning strikes across the country. This unusual phenomenon has only increased, claiming more lives. I say unusual because in the past such incidents were taken in stride as they were considered part of the weather and the deaths that occurred unavoidable but rare.

Why lightening is now drawing so much attention is because it is not rare anymore and is claiming lives in considerable numbers. This has become so serious an issue that at least one province which is Sindh has taken serious note of it. This serious concern was prompted by the death of 8 people in different areas of Thar during the last rainstorm in the area.

Prompted by these tragic events the Sindh government has in order to understand this alarming trend in rise in deaths due to lightning, has ordered an inquiry and contacted the federal ministry of science and technology and the NED University of Engineering and Technology to try to find out the reasons behind this deadly........

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