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136 killed in flash flood in Pakistan

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Pakistanis evacuate in heavy rains in South-East of the Pakistani province of Balochistan, Sept. 10, 2012. [CRI Online]

A canal in district Dera Ghazi khan of south Punjab breached due to massive downpours on Sunday in which several areas were inundated by water and dozens of people became homeless. Army had been called in to carry out the rescue and relief work and to mend the breach in the canal.

Chief Minister of Punjab Shahbaz Sharif announced an aid of around 5,263 U.S. dollars for the relatives of the people who lost their lives in the flood.

In southwest province of Balochistan at least 14 people were killed and 12 others got injured in torrential rains. A total of 2, 791 were also destroyed by the heavy rains.

The southeast part of the province including provincial capital of Quetta was badly hit by the rains. On Wednesday, at least six paramilitary personnel were washed away by flash flood in Dera Murad Jamali area, rescue workers later retrieved one body while five others are still missing.

Jafarabad district was the worst hit area where at least 70 percent of the cultivated land went wasted and 50 percent of the residential area was inundated by flood water.