Pakistan Taliban threatens utility company if power-cuts continue in heat-stricken south
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A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban has warned it will target the country's main electrical company if it does not end power outages in the country's south — where an intense heat wave has killed 860 people in the past week.
Mohammad Khurasani, in a statement released Friday, expressed grief over the heat-related deaths in the southern port city of Karachi. The chronic power cuts in the midst of a record heat wave have also caused public protests in Karachi.
Khurasani's group, known as the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, has been fighting to overthrow the Pakistani government and install their own harsh brand of Islamic law.
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Temperatures in the south began to drop on Thursday, fueling hopes that the worst of the heat wave has passed.