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Flood-affected people sit beside a wrecked house along a river following heavy monsoon rains in Mingora, a town in Pakistan's northern Swat valley on August 28, 2022. — AFP Govt official says losses caused by floods are likely to be in billions of rupees. Says KP govt should seek assistance in rescue and relief operations in province. Road between Bahrain and Kalam built for Rs10bn washed away in flash floods. Flood-related losses and devastation to infrastructure between Kalam, Bahrain and adjoining hilly areas of Swat is beyond imagination as a government official said it was too early to predict the amount of damage. "The losses are likely to be in billions of rupees and beyond capacity of the provincial government to handle," an official said. Pleading anonymity, he said the KP government must sink personal political differences with the federal government and should seek assistance in the rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas of the pro

This screengrab shows a house being washed away in a massive flood.  The scale of devastation caused by floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa following record rains has made it difficult for provincial authorities to rescue affected families in the hill stations of Swat, Dir, and Chitral. Exclusive video footage of a large house being washed away by floodwaters shows the devastation caused by the rains, with many other homes like it broken or swept away, in addition to road damage and hundreds of lives lost. People can be heard shouting "Astaghfirullah, Astaghfirullah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar" as the building collapses seconds after being hit. Watch here: Source link https://www.news.qm.com.pk/raging-floodwaters-sweep-away-house-in-swat/?feed_id=213412

This screengrab shows a house being washed away in a flood.  PESHAWAR: The scale of destruction due to floods across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after record rains has made it difficult for the provincial authorities to rescue the affected families in the hill stations of Swat, Dir and Chitral. A video of a big house being washed away in the floods shows the devastation the rains have caused, with many others like it broken or swept away, besides the damage to roads, and hundreds of lives lost. In the video, people can be seen shouting, “Astaghfirullah, Astaghfirullah, Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar, ” as the building collapsed within seconds of being hit. Here’s the video:   Source link https://www.news.qm.com.pk/watch-house-getting-washed-away-in-swat-floods/?feed_id=213306

Bypolls were held on PK-7 Swat constituency. SWAT: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Haji Fazl Mulla is leading the by-polls for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seat PK-7 Swat. According to unofficial results from 113 polling stations out of 124, Mulla is leading the count with 15,401 votes. He is closely followed by Awami National Party (ANP) candidate Hussain Ahmed who has secured 13,302 votes. ANP’s Husain Ahmed is supported by PPP, PML-N, QWP, JUI-F and others. The PK-7 Swat seat fell vacant after ANP MPA Wa