- Rescuers are searching for over 150 people missing in northwestern Pakistan's Buner district, where a devastating flood on Friday has killed 277 people.
- The tragedy has sparked controversy, with a senior politician blaming locals for building homes along waterways.
- Villagers, meanwhile, accuse officials of failing to issue timely evacuation warnings.
- Pakistan has experienced higher-than-normal monsoon rains since 26 June, resulting in at least 645 deaths nationwide, including 400 in the northwest.
- Flooding has also affected India-administered Kashmir, where flash floods during an annual Hindu pilgrimage killed at least 67 people and left dozens missing.
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Pakistani official blames locals for flood deaths, saying they should have built elsewhere
