Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is on a visit to flood-hit Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He took an aerial view of the flood situation and damages in the affected areas of Buner and Shangla. Federal Ministers Attaullah Tarar, Amir Muqam and Ahsan Iqbal are also accompanying the Prime Minister.

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Pakistan has restored 70% of electricity and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people.

BUNER, Pakistan (Reuters) -Residents of a northwestern Pakistani district where devastating floods have killed more than 200 people said on Monday they were too scared to go back to their deluged homes as authorities warned of more rains to come.

The catastrophic flood in Buner district that caused tragic loss of over 200 lives and widespread damage to property, has also

Heavier than usual rains and sudden cloudbursts during this monsoon season kill more than 300 people in recent days.

By Sunday morning, the death toll from the rains across the mountainous north of Pakistan had risen to at least 337 people, with most killed in flash floods, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. In Buner, a three-and-a-half-hour drive from the capital Islamabad, 207 lives were lost and others are still missing.

With villages swept away and Pakistan’s largest city assailed by monsoon floods, climate change has brought a catastrophic new normal to the country.

PM Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited flood-hit areas in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, expressing deep sorrow over the loss of lives. Speaking in Buner, he said the entire nation mourns with the victims.