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KARACHI: Nearly two-thirds of the victims of a killer heatwave that swept Karachi last week were homeless people, a minister said Monday, as the death toll in Karachi reached over 1,200.

By Azhar Khan and Raza Haidery KARACHI: It was so unusual for the Karachiites to brave the scorching sun with mercury touching 45 centigrade –the highest temperature during last ten years in the city – and deaths of over 700 compatriots due to heatwave raises several questions on the government for its apparent failure to tackle the problem.