ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has left Islamabad to visit the flood hit Chitral region of the country.
The PM Office spokesperson said that the Prime Minister will visit the affected areas
Around 300,000 families in upper and lower Chitral have been affected by flash floods induced by torrential monsoon rains and fast-melting glaciers. Around 60,000 families have been affected in Mastuj, 25,000 in Kalash valleys and the remaining in other parts of the district, including Boni, Garam Chashma and Orghoch.
Addressing a news conference at the Peshawar Press Club on Tuesday, KP Information Minister Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani said 26 villages had been affected in Chitral, where 103 houses were destroyed and 63 partially damaged. The roads linking Chitral with Drosh, Orghoch, Garam Chashma, Bamboret, Mastuj and Boni have been destroyed.
