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As many as 28 people were killed and more than 140 injured as heavy rain and thunderstorms hit several parts of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab on Saturday, Pakistan-based Geo News reported. As per the provincial disaster management authority, 25 people were killed in rain-related incidents in KP's Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Karak and Lakki Marwat while 145 were injured. It added that at least 69 houses were partially damaged by the rain, Geo News reported. As per PDMA's breakdown, 15 people died and 100 were injured in Bannu. It also added that 68 houses were partially damaged in the area. Meanwhile, at least five people were killed and 42 others were wounded in the Lakki Marwat district, according to Business Standard. Meanwhile, in Karak, four people died and one person was injured. In, Dera Ismail Khan a child died due to the rains, two people were injured and one house was partially damaged.

A huge cache of bullets was found while cleaning the drainage in Birgaunj Metropolitan City-6 on Sunday. It has been learnt that 105 bullets of different calibers were found in a plastic bag while the employees of Metropolitan City were cleaning the drainage. DSP Komal Shah of the District Police Office, Parsa said that a total of 105 bullets including 32 rounds of 9 mm, 24 rounds of 38 bore, four rounds of SLR and 17 rounds of hornet were found while cleaning the drainage this morning. He said that they are looking into the case.  

Byas Municipality of Tanahun has written to the local public transport committees to ensure that all passenger vehicles have a dustbin to collect garbage from passengers. A correspondence has been made with instructions for the management of mandatory dustbin in vehicles that provide public transport service within the municipality area, said Chief Administrative Officer Gangalal Subedi. The transport committees have also been asked to inform the passengers not to throw garbage outside of the vehicle. Anyone found littering against the said provision will be fined Rs 3,000 for the first offense and Rs 7,000 for the second offense. The municipality has written to Prithviraj Marg Transport Committee, Local Transport Pvt. Ltd., Byasabhumi Transport Pvt. Ltd., Taxi Entrepreneurs Committee and Auto Rickshaw Traders Committee. In addition, the municipality has appealed to all concerned not to carry out business in the streets and intersections and slaughter animals for meat only in designated places. The Byas Municipality is currently disposing garbage around Buddhasingh Highway in ward 13. It is looking for a permanent place to set up a landfill site for disposal of waste collected from the municipality.  

Three persons died when a jeep met with an accident at Gabiram in Shubhakalika Rural Municipality-6 of Kalikot on Saturday. The deceased have been identified as the jeep driver Harak Bishwakarma (30) of Shubhakalika-2, Ram Bahadur Shahi (31) of Shubhakalika-8 and Gopal Salamimar (25) of Naumule-3 of Dailekh, Jaishwar Rimal, Chief at the District Police Office Kalikot, said. The jeep (Lu 1 Cha 8498) was heading towards Shubhakalika from Chowki Bazaar when the incident occurred last night. The cause of the incident is yet to be ascertained. Police said that they are looking into the case.