India, May 31 -- A new record high temperature of 51.5 degrees Celsius was recorded on Saturday in Dadu as a searing heat wave continued to grip large parts of Sindh province of Pakistan.

Data from the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) showed that Dadu's previously recorded highest temperature was 51.4 degrees Celsius on May 18, 2016.

By late afternoon on Saturday, 51 degrees Celsius temperature was also recorded in Jacobabad, while in three other places - Shaheed Benazirabad (Nawabshah), Larkana and Mohenjodaro - the mercury hit 50 degrees Celsius, Sarfaraz Khan, chief meteorologist at the Karachi office of the PMD, said.

By late afternoon, the temperature had peaked at 51.5 degrees Celsius in Dadu, which is a new maximum tempe...