Pakistan, July 4 -- The Met Office on Thursday issued a weather alert for widespread heavy rainfall across most districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from July 5 to July 11.

The upper districts likely to be affected include by rain include Haripur, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Upper and Lower Chitral, Upper and Lower Dir, Swat, Buner, Malakand, Battagram, Shangla, Upper and Lower Kohistan, Kolai-Palas Kohistan, Torghar, Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera, and Charsadda.

These areas may experience heavy to very heavy downpours during this period, said the Met Office.

Similarly, the other districts at risk of flash flooding in local streams and nullahs include, Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Orakzai, Kurram, Kohat, and Hangu.

Southern and central plain areas...