Eight killed and 12 injured as heavy rains hit north-west Pakistan

People stand inside a shop due to heavy hailstones rain in Peshawar (Mohammad Sajjad/AP/PA)

Heavy rains killed eight people, mostly children, and injured 12 in the north-west of Pakistan, officials have said.

Downpours in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province caused rooms to collapse, crushing the people inside, according to Anwar Shahzad, a spokesperson for the local disaster management authority.