Monsoon havoc in Pakistan leaves 266 lifeless, over 600 injured since June 26

Residents stroll on a broken street following a cloudburst-triggered landslide and flash flood on a freeway close to the Chilas district, northern Pakistan, Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
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Torrential monsoon rains sweeping throughout Pakistan have claimed a minimum of 266 lives, together with 126 kids, and left 628 others injured since June 26, the nation’s catastrophe administration physique mentioned on Friday (July 25, 2025).
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In its newest report, the Nationwide Catastrophe Administration Authority (NDMA) mentioned that 14 folks have been killed and 17 have been injured in rain-related incidents within the final 24 hours alone. The general toll consists of 94 males, 46 girls and 126 kids.

Punjab has recorded the very best variety of casualties at 144, adopted by 63 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 25 in Sindh, 16 in Balochistan, 10 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, and eight in Islamabad.
Accidents have been additionally widespread, with 488 reported in Punjab, 69 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 40 in Sindh, 18 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, 4 in Balochistan and three in Islamabad.
Heavy rains and flash floods have triggered widespread harm to property and infrastructure. Up to now 24 hours, 246 homes have been broken and 38 livestock have been misplaced. Because the begin of the monsoon, over 1,250 properties have been broken and 366 animals have died.
In Punjab, Governor Sardar Salim Haider visited flood-affected areas in Pindi Bhattian and acknowledged the widespread destruction.
A crucial flood state of affairs has developed in Chachh, Attock, because the Indus River swells with outflows from Tarbela Dam. In Chiniot, low-level flooding was reported within the Chenab River.
In Haripur’s Khanpur Tehsil, landslides broken a number of homes, whereas a street in Hali Bagh Kalali remained blocked for 2 days due to an enormous slide, delaying reduction efforts.
Printed – July 25, 2025 01:57 pm IST