SIALKOT, May 13: As many as nine persons, including three children, reportedly fainted due to the scorching heat in the district.

Reports said Allah Saeen, Bashir Ahmad and Sakeena Bibi in Sialkot city, Khalid and Hassan in Daska and Aqsa, Yasir and Asma in Sambrial fainted due to heat. All these persons were admitted to the A I DHQ hospital in a critical condition.