BIRMINGHAM:.( The COW News Digital) –Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai, who also hails from one of the flood-hit regions, has voiced sorrow over flash floods and rains in northern Pakistan that have taken lives nearly 400 people.
“My heart breaks for every community affected by the devastating floods in Pakistan, from Gilgit Baltistan to Azad Jammu and Kashmir and especially Buner, Swat, Bajaur and Shangla in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,” Malala wrote in a message posted on X.
“My deepest condolences to everyone who has lost loved ones, homes and livelihoods,” the Nobel laureate wrote in her heartfelt post.
The scenic Shangla district of Malakand Division is her hometown. According to a KP Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) report, Shangla saw 37 deaths, Mansehra 23, Swat 22, Bajaur 21, Battagram 15, Lower Dir five and one was recorded in Abbottabad.
It added that 11 houses were destroyed while 63 were partially damaged, while two schools in Swat and another in Shangla were also affected.
Rescuers struggled to retrieve bodies from muddy debris on Saturday after flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across northern Pakistan killed at least 344 people in the past 48 hours, authorities said.
The majority of deaths, 324, were reported in KP, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.
