On Friday, the city of Jacobabad in Sindh province hit 50C (122 degrees Fahrenheit), the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said, with temperatures forecast to remain high until Sunday. Nationwide, the PMD alerted temperatures were between 6C and 9C above normal, with the capital Islamabad—as well as provincial hubs Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar—recording temperatures around 40C on Friday.