Pakistan Building Collapse: 22 Dead So Far

At least 22 people were killed and six others injured after a building collapsed in Karachi of Pakistan.

The four-decade-old building, which housed 40 apartments in its five floors, had collapsed on Sunday night in the city’s Lyari neighborhood.

Rescue teams raced against the clock to look for survivors.

On Wednesday, Raheel Ahmed, the police spokesperson for the area said that some of the bodies had been brought out on Wednesday.

The search was on for more people who could be trapped under the debris.

In a televised press conference, the Minister of Information for the Sindh province, Syed Nasir Hussain Shah, said on Tuesday that authorities were investigating the incident as the building had already been declared dangerous and notices had been issued for vacating it.

In March, 24 people were killed due to the collapse of another building in Karachi.

Source: Dawn