Dhaka, Aug. 28 -- Torrential monsoon rains have unleashed deadly flash floods and landslides across Pakistan and Indian-controlled Kashmir, killing at least 34 people and displacing more than 210,000 in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday.

In Indian-controlled Kashmir's Jammu region, a landslide struck a popular Hindu pilgrimage route near Katra late Tuesday, burying devotees en route to a hilltop shrine. Disaster management official Mohammed Irshad said bodies were pulled from the debris, while at least 18 injured pilgrims were taken to hospitals. Rescue teams were searching for the missing, and pilgrimages were suspended.

Meanwhile, Pakistan's eastern Punjab province has been inundated by swollen rivers following relentless downpours. ...