One dead, many injured as building collapsed in Karachi

KARACHI: One person was dead, and several more are believed to be trapped in the debris after the roof of an under-construction building collapsed in Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Karachi.

According to sources, the roof of an under-construction building in Khayaban-e-Nishat, DHA, collapsed in, trapping several labourers beneath the debris. Further, officers of Pakistan Rangers, Sindh, police officers, and rescue personnel arrived on the spot and immediately initiated an operation to rescue those trapped beneath the debris.

Rehan Iqbal, Councillor, Clifton Cantonment Board, Karachi, expressed that rescue operation is his first priority. He enlightened that he would do his best to identify the culprits behind this incident and ask the government to prosecute them.