Published on, Aug. 18 -- August 18, 2025 5:58 AM

Pakistan is once again wading through grief after another monsoon disaster. Since late June, more than 645 people have lost their lives across the country, with over 320 deaths reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone. In Buner, the worst-hit district, torrents of water and mud swallowed entire hamlets after a rare cloudburst delivered more than 150 millimetres of rain in a single hour. Families clawed through rubble with bare hands to retrieve their dead, burying loved ones in mass graves on flattened fields. Helicopters dispatched for rescue operations crashed under extreme weather, while relief convoys struggled to reach remote valleys cut off by collapsed bridges. What unfolded was not an ...