Six members of Bannu family die in Karachi roof collapse

KARACHI: Six people belonging to a Bannu family died when the roof of their under-construction house collapsed in the Gulshan-e-Maymar area late on Saturday night.

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 injured. 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.

SHO Agha Asad of the Gulshan-e-Maymar police station confirmed the deaths of six of people in the incident.