Pakistan has restored 70% of electricity and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is on a visit to flood-hit Buner district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He took an aerial view of the flood situation and damages in the affected areas of Buner and Shangla. Federal Ministers Attaullah Tarar, Amir Muqam and Ahsan Iqbal are also accompanying the Prime Minister.

By Sunday morning, the death toll from the rains across the mountainous north of Pakistan had risen to at least 337 people, with most killed in flash floods, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. In Buner, a three-and-a-half-hour drive from the capital Islamabad, 207 lives were lost and others are still missing.

The catastrophic flood in Buner district that caused tragic loss of over 200 lives and widespread damage to property, has also

Across Pakistan, monsoon rains that began in late June have been heavier than usual, killing at least 645 people. Four hundred of those deaths were in the northwest alone, where narrow valleys and river-carved gorges funnel rainwater into sudden torrents.

Heavier than usual rains and sudden cloudbursts during this monsoon season kill more than 300 people in recent days.

Swabi Al-Khidmat Foundation says they had sent medicines worth Rs1m along with five doctors and 15 paramedical staff to Buner.

Gul Rasheed, 60, inspects a damaged car following a storm that caused heavy rains and flooding, in Bayshonai Kalay, Buner district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, August 17, 2025. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

PM Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited flood-hit areas in northern Pakistan on Tuesday, expressing deep sorrow over the loss of lives. Speaking in Buner, he said the entire nation mourns with the victims.