5 killed due to heavy rains in Pakistan

At least five persons were killed, including four of a family, in rain related incidents in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, an official said.

Heavy rains in northwest Pakistan commonly damage mud and brick homes.

A couple and their two minor children died when the roof of their room collapsed due to torrential rains in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Orakzai district. The rescue team retrieved the dead bodies from debris of the house, the official said.

Meanwhile, in other incident a three-year-old boy died and



another injured when the roof of their room collapsed in Khyber-Pakhtunhwa's Nowshera district.

The condition of the injured is stated to be critical, the official said.

Under the influence of these weather conditions, the advisory added, rain and thundershowers with gusty winds are expected from Friday to Sunday at scattered places in upper Punjab cities. 

It said that hailstorm and windstorm dust-storm are also likely in sub-mountainous areas of Punjab, Pakhtun and Kashmir during the forecast period.