Woman, minor daughter killed in roof collapse

A woman and her minor daughter died, and three other women suffered injuries when the roof of a house in Sachal Goth collapsed on Thursday.

Four women and the girl were trapped under the rubble when the roof fell. Residents from the nearby Allah Bux Goth rushed to the scene, and pulled out the bodies of a woman and her daughter and rescued the three other women. Sachal Goth Police Station’s SHO Syed Shakir Ali told The News that women present inside the ill-fated house were reciting the holy Quran when the roof came crashing down.

He said the dead were identified as 30-year-old Rehana, wife of Zabiullah, and their five-year-old daughter, Farhana. The injured were named as Javeria, Safina and Bublee, and said they were taken to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared all of them out of danger.

SHO Ali said the house was in a dilapidated condition, and the roof of the house had been made up of TR and girders. Police handed over the deceased to their heirs and started an investigation.