Workers start before sunrise, and split the day into short shifts, but the heat soon catches up with them.

In blazing temperatures, Muhammad Idrees ladles boiled dates from a vat simmering over an open flame, work that labourers lament is getting hotter each year in Pakistan's southern…

KHAIRPUR, Aug 14 — In blazing temperatures, Muhammad Idrees ladles boiled dates from a vat simmering over an open flame, work that labourers lament is getting hotter each year...