| The easiest way to get rid of some of the surplus population, which is the other reason why the Pakistani authorities haven't bothered spending the relatively small amount needed to fix this annual problem. |
... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central...
and Gilgit-Baltistan on Sunday, killing at least 60 men, women and kiddies and injuring 67 others.
Landslides blocked main highways and link roads in Hazara and Malakand divisions while rivers and streams, becoming strong torrents after heavy rainfall, devastated the infrastructure.
Shangla is the worst-affected area in KP where the district disaster management cell confirmed 19 deaths. It said more than 30 people suffered injuries. Downpour triggered flash floods, washing away roads and bridges in Shangla, Kohistan
...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns....
, Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...
and other parts of Malakand. A massive power failure hit major parts of Malakand.
The Provincial Disaster Management Authority said in a statement in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
that the calamity had left 36 people dead and 27 injured. Twelve people were killed in Kohistan.
It said tents and other relief goods had been dispatched to the rain-hit areas, particularly in Malakand division.
According to the Met office, Peshawar received 45 millimetres of rain in about 24 hours.
Downpour which continued for the fifth consecutive day in Shangla raised the water level in Khan Khwar, Indus and Kana Khwar rivers.