Simmering Heat in Lahore Breaks 78-Yr Mercury Record
By Khawaja Ahsan Paul 'Pakistan Times' Punjab Bureau Chief

LAHORE: The Punjab provincial capital city here today witnessed the hottest day of the season, as the temperature soared to 48 degree Celsius breaking all past 78-years’ records of sizzling heat, while the mercury at 50 degree Celsius at Mianwali kept everything exposed roasting.

Metrological department told that the Lahore temperature until 3.00 PM this afternoon was recorded in different places at 48 degree centigrade.

Earlier, such a high temperature in the city was recorded on June 8, 1929.

Other cities of Punjab also witnessed record summer heat, as some people reading their barometers in their cars reported mercury shooting up to as high as 50 degree centigrade.

Met office told that this spell of heat wave would continue for the next two/three days.

Meanwhile, the people’s plight in this simmering heat has further worsened by prolonged unannounced load-shedding besides water supply has also gone haywire due to several hours of power outage everyday.●