Across the wider province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, at least 314 people have been killed and 156 injured due to rains and flash floods that began between Thursday and Friday night. Buner district, where Bishnoi is located, is the worst-affected, with 217 fatalities, according to the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA).

A Pakistani official says the death toll from flash floods in the country's northwest has risen to at least 274 after rescuers recovered dozens of bodies from the rubble of collapsed houses.

Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif will visit China later this month to formally launch the second phase of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC-II), focusing on industrial zones, agriculture and Gwadar port expansion.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Afghanistan for the first time in three years to attend trilateral talks with Pakistan and the Taliban, focusing on counterterrorism and extending the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Kabul.

Pakistan Army's strategic outreach and extensive lobbying efforts in the US resulted in a surprising thaw in US-Pakistan relations under Donald Trump

Shehbaz Sharif is expected to travel to Beijing later this month to attend the SCO Summit from August 31 to September 1

Pakistani officials have skillfully navigated Trump’s political world, analysts said, fostering closer ties with the White House at a time of U.S.-India tensions.