Last year's June heat wave scorched and killed about 2,000 people from dehydration and heat stroke in Pakistan, and it's so hot in Pakistan they're already digging mass graves for people who will die. Day time temperatures easily touch 44 degrees Celsius - yet business can't stop, even if it means that daily wage labourers die. Business owners don't care; labour is cheap, a life is cheaper.

But Pakistani students do care - they're installing a refrigerator on Peshawar’s University Road, a busy transit point, and filling it with cold beverages and fresh fruits. For labourers who often can't afford a glass of cold water.

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Set on the premises of a CNG station opposite the Islamia College, Peshawar building, a refrigerator filled with fruits and fresh juices provides welcome relief to these workers. Talking to The Express Tribune, Hasher Mehsood who heads the team, says, “We have installed it on humanitarian grounds to provide relief to the needy in this hot weather.” He adds it is aimed at facilitating labourers who work without fans or air conditioners.

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“The fridge cost Rs 35,000 for which three people have donated,” he says. He adds the team regularly visits better off people in the city to collect charity to ensure the fridge remains stocked each day.