At least 50 people were killed and several injured in lightning strikes in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) on Friday.
Seventeen houses were damaged in the lightning storms in Naashnamil village of mountainous upper Dir area of NWFP, Aaj news channel reported.
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There were fears the death toll could rise further.
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