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‘A calamity’: Why is a record heatwave sweeping South Asia?

Pakistan [Rehan Khan/EPA] ### Bangladesh Bangladesh’s capital. Dhaka, as well as its districts of Faridpur, Rajshahi and Pabna, were particularly badly affected in mid to late April, recording temperatures between

‘Iron brothers’: How China and Pakistan built an unlikely 75-year bond

temperatures for the majority of the year. (Photo by Muhammed Semih Ugurlu/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GettyImages-1243810568-1779307788.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C513&quality=80) The Karakoram Highway connects Pakistan with China at Khunjerab Pass, the highest-paved border