Climate change turns Pakistan’s summer oases into deadly flood zones
NARAN, Pakistan — Fasih Qazi escapes the scorching summers of southern Pakistan each year to work as a tour guide in the country’s alpine north. Some of the world’s highest mountain ranges — the Karakoram, the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush — converge here, towering over glacier-fed rivers and lush valleys. The rugged beauty, along with mercifully cool weather, has drawn a growing number of tourists from Pakistani megacities, including Qazi’s hometown of Karachi, where the heat is increasingly unbearable. But there is no refuge from the effects of climate
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