- Sindh CM expresses sorrow, offers prayers for victims.
- 10 were trapped under fallen debris in roof collapse.
- Incident occured in Gulshan-e-Maymar area Saturday night.
KARACHI: Six members of a Bannu family were killed, and four others injured after the roof of their under-construction house collapsed in Karachi’s Gulshan-e-Maymar area late Saturday night, The News reported.
Police said that 10 people were trapped under the rubble after the roof gave way. Work was underway to strengthen the structure, made of a lintel, when the roof collapsed. The roof could not bear the weight of sand and gravel.
After the tragic incident that occurred in the Afghan Camp area, residents called in rescue teams for help. Locals immediately pulled out 10 injured people from the debris and rescuers took them to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where six of them – all girls aged between three and 15 — were pronounced dead.
Police said that after a tile beam of the roof fell, six girls were killed, while four other people suffered injuries. The family belongs to Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
A statement issued by the District West Police identified the deceased as seven-year-old Nasreen, 15-year-old Sadia, three-year-old Ayesha, eight-year-old Kainat, eight-year-old Aishal, and nine-year-old Sanodia. The injured were identified as Mikail, 40, Nasira, 37, Noman, 3, and Asif 7.
Station house officer (SHO) Agha Asad of the Gulshan-e-Maymar police station confirmed the deaths of six people in the incident.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah expressed sorrow over the tragic roof collapse incident. The Sindh CM offered prayers for the forgiveness of the deceased and extended his condolences to the grieving family, praying for patience and strength for the bereaved.
