In pictures: Beauty and devastation after Pakistan's first monsoon shower

Here are some pictures from all over the country

As Pakistan receives its first monsoon shower of the season, here are pictures showing the beautiful (and not so beautiful) side of the rainy season.

A view of dark clouds hovering over Islamabad during ongoing monsoon spell. ONLINE PHOTO by S M Sohail

Stagnant rainwater made the Greater Iqbal Park look like a lake. PHOTO: Sajid Rana

 

Motorists pass through stagnant rain water in the Saddar area of Karachi. Photo by Syed Asif Ali

 

Dark clouds hovering over the city of Hyderabad. Photo by Nadeem Khawer

 

 

Slums affected by the rain. Photo by NNI

People taking boat ride in River Ravi. PHOTO: Sajid Rana

The sun piercing through rain clouds, Rawalpindi. APP Photo by Abid Zia

 

Commuters passing through Karachi, pre-monsoon rain. APP Photo by Syed Abbas Mehdi

 

Motorists ride past the dig in the middle of a road near Nagan Chowrangi in Karachi. PHOTO: Syed Asif Ali

 

A view of dark clouds hovering over Islamabad during ongoing monsoon spell. ONLINE PHOTO by Hassan Choudhry

 

The people of Lahore visiting Greater Iqbal Park post-rainfall. Photo by Sajid Rana.

 

Stagnant rainwater at Sohrab Goth underpass in Karachi. PHOTO: Syed Asif Ali

 

Children playing with accumulated rainwater. PHOTO: S Akber

 

A view of dark clouds hovering over Lahore. ONLINE PHOTO by Sajid Rana

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Torrential rain on Thursday wrought havoc on the creaky civic infrastructure of Karachi,… https://t.co/AAxQZNqKT9 #EditorsChoice #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/V630SjeHMK

— Muhammad Irshad (@Irshad_pakistan) June 30, 2017

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Find beauty in those clouds! The beauty of nature. The beauty of this city!#Karachi #EidMubarak #rain #Pakistan pic.twitter.com/AG3kIeeQoA

— Javeria Awan (@javerriaawan) June 28, 2017