Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif inspects flood-hit area in Punjab

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited flood-affected areas in Pakistan's Punjab province, home to nearly half of Pakistan's 255 million people.

The army was also deployed to help evacuate people and livestock near the Chenab, Ravi and Sutlej rivers. According to the disaster authorities, around 210,000 people had moved to another location. Pakistan has been battered by a brutal monsoon season this year, with landslides and floods triggered by torrential rain killing more than 800 people since June.