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• Rapid warming spikes sharply up north; AJK, GB, KP record highest annual temperatures in 65 years

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• Monsoon delayed in India

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan recorded its second-warmest year in 65 years in 2025, intensifying extreme floods and creating a systemic risk to the nation’s economy, according to the Economic Survey 2025-26.