India, Aug. 29 -- As devastating floods continue to disrupt lives in parts of Pakistan, defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif blamed India for the crisis and made a bizarre claim that the floodwaters flowing from across the border carried dead bodies into Pakistan.

Khawaja Asif made the claims during a visit to flood-hit areas in Sialkot when he told reporters that floodwaters flowing in from India brought with them corpses, livestock, and piles of debris, a Pakistani news portal, Dialogue Pakistan, reported

The minister further claimed that this had hampered the work of municipal teams trying to drain water from the region.

Asif said locals reported witnessing corpses swept across the border, pointing out that Sialkot lies downstream...