<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>More than 30 people have died in rain-related incidents in Pakistan during days of heavy downpours, with thousands of schools closed, officials said today.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Widespread heavy rain since Thursday has caused severe disruption in some areas of the country, including the closure of all schools in Balochistan province until Thursday.</div><div><br></div><div>Eighteen children were among 26 killed in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province as a result of collapsed buildings.</div><div><br></div><div>“As a result of continuous rainfall over the past four days in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a total of 27 individuals have lost their lives,” said Taimur Ali Khan, the spokesman for the provincial disaster management authority in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.</div><div><br></div><div>Another person was killed in a landslide and more than 150 houses were also damaged.</div><div><br></div><div>In southern Balochistan province, five people were killed when buildings collapsed on Thursday and Friday, said Jahanzain Khan, head of the disaster management agency.</div><div><br></div><div>Damaged roads, floods and landslides have cut villages off from main towns in Balochistan, while major roads were blocked in Gilgit-Baltistan, local media reported.</div><div><br></div><div>Pakistan’s meteorological department anticipates further rainfall and snowfall across the region today. - AFP&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>