Wednesday

Over 42 people are shot dead by suspected Boko Haram gunmen in two attacks on villages in Nigeria's Borno state. (AFP via Dawn)

A police checkpoint on the outskirts of Kashgar in Xinjiang is attacked by ethnic Uighurs, with at least 18 killed according to US-based Radio Free Asia. (BBC)

The death toll from the heat wave reaches nears 800 in Sindh province with 744 people dead in the city of Karachi alone. (BBC)