The heavy rains that have been battering Pakistan since June have claimed the lives of 173 people and injured 260, according to the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in a report stated that 69 men, 32 women and 72 children were died in rain-related incidents.
Punjab has the greatest number of people, 67, died in heavy rains, while 47 lost lives in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 10 people were killed in Balochistan, the NDMA report read. Deadly rainfall claimed 21 lives in Sindh, 12 in Azad Kashmir and five persons in Gilgit Baltistan, NDMA said. Moreover, 11 persons died in monsoon rain-related incidents in federal capital Islamabad, according to report.
At least 260 persons sustained injuries in various incidents during rainfall, most of them, 158, were injured in Punjab. Overall, 110 men, 76 women and 74 children were injured in rain-related incidents. Devastating rainfall also damaged 1,485 houses across the country.—INP
