10 killed in rain-related incidents in Pakistan

Karachi/ Peshawar: At least 10 persons, including four children and a woman, were killed in separate incidents after incessant rain lashed parts of Pakistan, authorities said.

In Sindh province, at least three persons were killed due to electrocution in different parts of Pakistan's biggest city, Karachi, which also witnessed severe power outages, police said on Monday. In Pakistan's northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, five persons, including two children and a woman were killed on Sunday. Two were killed in Shangrila and one each in Buner, Mansehra and Abbottabad, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority. Over 18 people sustained injuries, including six women. Heavy rainfall in the province also damaged

five houses, two huts and three school buildings. Different areas of Chitral, including

Tirich Mir and Kosht were closed off for traffic due to flooding.