Overview
- The strike hit a house in Shangla’s Achar area near Alpuri, killing Yar Muhammad, Taj Bibi and their son Murad Ali, while three young children survived.
- Hours of heavy rain triggered multiple landslides that blocked link roads and disrupted communications across the mountainous district.
- Local small hydropower units failed during the downpour, leaving parts of the valley in darkness as restoration work proceeded.
- LESCO reported 125 feeder trips across its region and more than 55 in Lahore, causing localized outages, while officials said demand currently matches supply with no shortfall.
- Rain and hail were recorded in Lahore and other cities in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Jammu & Kashmir, bringing cooler conditions and light snowfall on some higher peaks.