Lahore, June 30 -- Monsoon rains in Punjab province of Pakistan claimed 18 lives, including 11 children, while 57 people were injured in rain-related incidents in 24 hours, Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) Punjab said in a report on Monday, ARY News reported.

The Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA), in a fact sheet released today, stated that most of the deaths resulted from the collapse of dilapidated buildings and their rooftops.

The rainfall damaged 27 houses, PDMA said. "In the incidents of lightning strike in Khanewal and Okara, two persons were killed, while two children were electrocuted to death in Mandi Bahauddin," according to the report.

The first spell of monsoon is expected to persist in the prov...