Pakistan is reeling from an unforgiving monsoon season that has claimed over 200 lives and left more than 560 injured, including 182 children. Punjab has borne the brunt with 123 deaths, followed by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with 40,

The death toll crossed the 100 mark as heavy rains battered Pakistan’s Punjab, with more than 70 rain-related deaths occurring in the last 48 hours.

ISLAMABAD — Heavy monsoon rains killed at least 54 people in eastern Pakistan in 24 hours, bringing the total rain-related deaths in the country to 178 over the past three weeks, officials said Thursday.