Pakistan: 124 killed in three weeks of monsoons

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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News

ISLAMABAD, July 17 (Xinhua) — Heavy monsoon rains and related incidents have killed at least 124 people in Pakistan in the past three weeks and injured 264 others, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Wednesday.

According to him, the deaths were recorded from June 26 to July 16. Over the past 24 hours, eight new deaths and 11 injuries were registered.

The eastern province of Punjab was the worst hit, with 49 people killed and 158 injured, followed by the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 38 people died and 57 were injured. The southern province of Sindh reported 20 deaths and 40 injuries. The southwestern province of Balochistan reported 16 deaths and four injuries.

There was one death and five injuries in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. There were no casualties in Gilgit-Baltistan or the Islamabad Capital Territory. –0–

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