Pakistan's Perfect Storm: Heat and Hunger Collide

Pakistan faces a converging crisis as extreme heat meets widespread food shortages. An IPC report projects 6.7 million people facing severe hunger from April to September 2026—exactly when the heatwave and monsoon season peak. With 1.25 million already in emergency hunger, soaring temperatures are destroying crops and forcing farmers to work fewer hours, even as heat itself makes survival harder. The country has little margin left to absorb further shocks.