LIGHTNING
At least six people, including three women, were reportedly killed due to lightning strikes during monsoon showers in Tharparkar and Mirpurkhas districts on Wednesday and Thursday. The early monsoon showers started pouring on lower Sindh on Wednesday with the Meteorological department recording the highest rainfall of 12 millimetres (mm) in Badin district and 8mm in Thatta district.

Two young men were struck by lightning in Jhuddo town of Mirpurkhas Thursday afternoon. One of them, Belu Bheel, died and the other, Dilip Kumar, was shifted to a hospital in a critical condition.

Thirty-year-old Naseer Saandh was reportedly killed by lightning in Khaijrarhi Saandh village in the Nagarparkar taluka of Tharparkar district. Another young man, Beram Meghwadh, became a victim of lightning strike in Manjhi Rind village of Tharparkar.

Three women, whose identities were not disclosed to the local media, were also reportedly killed during lightning strikes in villages Harpar Junejo, Garryo and Shahmeer Vikya in Tharparkar.