RAWALPINDI: The Nati­onal Disaster Manage­ment Authority (NDMA) on Monday issued sweeping emergency protocols and placed hospitals on alert as extreme, above-normal summer temperatures threaten millions across the country. According to a press statement, the NDMA Early Warning Team anticipated that daytime temp­er­atures from May through June would remain above normal. Given these conditions, all relevant stakeholders — including provincial and local administration, health and line departments,