Pakistani flood victims in worst-hit province return home

At one point in August, more than half a million people were living in tents across Pakistan

A villager walks on a railway track submerged by floodwaters due after heavy monsoon rains, in Jaffarabad, southwestern Pakistan (AP)

More than half of the flood victims in Pakistan’s worst-hit Sindh province have returned to their homes over the past three weeks as the waters gradually receded, officials have said.

The announcement came as Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif visited the district of Jaccobabad in Sindh.