At least 14 children killed after roof of Pakistan tuition centre collapses
✓One teacher and eight other children also injured after incident in Lahore.
At least 14 schoolchildren have been killed after the roof of a tutoring centre in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed, according to officials.
A teacher and eight other children were injured and being treated at a hospital, while police said the owner of the centre and another person had been arrested.
Medical sources said the children killed in the collapse were aged between around four and 12, according to the AFP news agency.
Senior police official Faisal Kamran said rescuers were searching through the rubble after receiving reports that more children could be trapped beneath the debris, the Reuters news agency reported.
He added the centre was housed in an ageing building and that the roof of an unfinished second floor apparently collapsed because of poor construction quality.
Workers had been repairing tiles on the building when the roof gave way and crushed the youngsters, a witness told AFP.
Broadcaster Geo News aired images of uniformed rescuers and civilians using shovels and their hands to dig through dirt and rubble in the partially collapsed building.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his “grief over the loss of precious lives in the collapse of a tuition centre roof in Lahore’s Kahna area”.
Sharif “prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured and directed the authorities to provide them with every possible medical assistance”, according to a statement released by his office.
Khan said in a statement that “those responsible for the incident will be found through a transparent, unbiased and immediate investigation”.
Roof and building collapses are common across Pakistan, mainly due to poor safety standards and substandard construction materials.
Last July, 27 people were killed and 10 others injured when a five-storey building collapsed in Lyari, an impoverished area in the southern city of Karachi.
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A roof collapse at a tutoring centre in Lahore's Kahna area killed at least 14 children aged between approximately four and twelve. One teacher and eight additional children were injured and received hospital treatment. The structure was an ageing building with an unfinished second floor where roof failure occurred during tile repairs, attributed to poor construction quality. Police arrested the centre's owner and one other person. Rescue personnel searched the rubble for potentially trapped children. Pakistan's Prime Minister acknowledged the incident and directed authorities to provide medical support to the injured and conduct a transparent investigation. Building collapses occur regularly across Pakistan, primarily stemming from inadequate safety standards and substandard construction practices.
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One teacher and eight other children also injured after incident in Lahore.
At least 14 schoolchildren have been killed after the roof of a tutoring centre in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore collapsed, according to officials.
A teacher and eight other children were injured and being treated at a hospital, while police said the owner of the centre and another person had been arrested.
Medical sources said the children killed in the collapse were aged between around four and 12, according to the AFP news agency.
Senior police official Faisal Kamran said rescuers were searching through the rubble after receiving reports that more children could be trapped beneath the debris, the Reuters news agency reported.
He added the centre was housed in an ageing building and that the roof of an unfinished second floor apparently collapsed because of poor construction quality.
Workers had been repairing tiles on the building when the roof gave way and crushed the youngsters, a witness told AFP.
Broadcaster Geo News aired images of uniformed rescuers and civilians using shovels and their hands to dig through dirt and rubble in the partially collapsed building.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his “grief over the loss of precious lives in the collapse of a tuition centre roof in Lahore’s Kahna area”.
Sharif “prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured and directed the authorities to provide them with every possible medical assistance”, according to a statement released by his office.
Khan said in a statement that “those responsible for the incident will be found through a transparent, unbiased and immediate investigation”.
Roof and building collapses are common across Pakistan, mainly due to poor safety standards and substandard construction materials.
Last July, 27 people were killed and 10 others injured when a five-storey building collapsed in Lyari, an impoverished area in the southern city of Karachi.
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At least 14 children were killed in the roof collapse at a tutoring centre in Lahore Children killed ranged in age from approximately 4 to 12 years old One teacher and eight other children were injured The centre was housed in an ageing building with an unfinished second floor The roof collapsed due to poor construction quality Workers were repairing tiles when the roof gave way The centre owner and another person were arrested Rescuers were searching for potentially more trapped children Roof and building collapses are common across Pakistan Such collapses are mainly due to poor safety standards and substandard construction materials
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- At least 14 children aged 4–12 were killed when the roof of a tutoring centre in Lahore, Pakistan collapsed
- One teacher and eight other children were injured; the centre owner and another person were arrested
- The roof of an unfinished second floor collapsed due to poor construction quality while workers were repairing tiles
- Rescue operations were ongoing with reports of potentially more children trapped in rubble
- Building collapses are recurring in Pakistan due to poor safety standards and substandard construction materials