ISLAMABAD — Pakistan restored 70% of electricity and reopened damaged roads in the north and northwest after flash floods killed more than 300 people, officials said Tuesday.

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar told a news conference that engineers were working to fully restore the electricity system that was knocked out by flooding last week.

Most roads have been cleared, facilitating the supply of food and other essential items to flood-affected areas, he said.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ordered authorities to accelerate recovery efforts in Buner, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where torrential rains and a cloudburst Friday killed at least 280 people, Tarar said.

Monsoon rains triggered floods that killed more than 700 people nationwide since June 26, the National Dis

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