Claims of Lahore and Faisalabad Becoming World's Hottest Cities by 2050 Debunked

Claims of Lahore and Faisalabad en route to rank among world's hottest cities by 2050 is misleading

Since June 7, 2026, several local digital media pages on X, Facebook and Instagram have been claiming that Lahore and Faisalabad were en route to rank among the world’s hottest cities by 2050. However, the claim is misleading. On June 7, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) released an advisory, warning that a heatwave would engulf the country until June 12, with temperatures rising by seven degrees Celsius above normal. It predicted that a high-pressure system was likely to develop a...

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