Rising temperature: Two die from heat

SIALKOT: At least two people died reportedly from heat as temperature reached 40 degree Celsius on Tuesday. Rescue officials said that Muhammad Din, 78, a resident of Motra-Daska village, was found lying unconscious on the roadside. He was taken to a hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. They said he had died from heat. Elsewhere, an identified man was found dead at Lorry Adda. Rescue officials speculated that he had died due to a sun stroke.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 30^th, 2012.