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Claims of Lahore and Faisalabad en route to rank among world's hottest cities by 2050 is misleading
Claims that Lahore and Faisalabad will rank among the world's hottest cities by 2050 are misleading, as a Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) heatwave advisory and a University of Chicago study cited in media reports focus on mortality risk rather than temperature rankings. The study projects increased heat-related deaths in Pakistani cities but does not rank them by temperature.
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