DERA MURAD JAMALI: At least four people were killed and 200 livestock perished as lightning struck two different places in Nasirabad district during heavy rain and thunderstorm on Tuesday.

In the first incident, three people were killed in a village in Babakot area of Nasirabad district during heavy rain and thunderstorm that lashed the area.

Officials said that in another incident over 200 heads of cattle perished, and a man was killed when lightning struck a house in the Balakot area of Nasirabad.

They said that during heavy rain and thunderstorm lightning hit a house of one Mohib Ali in Palyani village, killing three people, two of them miners, and injuring another.

Lightning also struck another area Manjoshori, killing a man and injuring another. “Their makeshift house also caught fire, perishing 200 livestock,” the officials said.

Published in Dawn, April 29th, 2026