Overview

• Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said engineers have brought back about 70% of the electricity supply and cleared most roads, aiding deliveries of food and essentials.
• Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed authorities to accelerate recovery in Buner, where at least 280 people died in Friday’s deluge and searches continue for roughly 150 missing.
• Army units are flying supplies to isolated villages and using search dogs and heavy machinery as rescue teams comb debris in the worst‑hit mountain communities.
• The National Disaster Management Authority now reports more than 700 deaths nationwide since late June, with the recent 48–72 hour storm in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa accounting for the majority of the latest fatalities.
• Officials link the unusually intense rains to shifting climate patterns and warn of further heavy monsoon downpours this month; Pakistan says it has sufficient resources for the response as UN groups mobilize support.