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6 killed as roof collapses at Afghan camp in Karachi

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March 9, 2025
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Karachi, Mar 10 (PTI): Six people, including five Afghan sisters, were killed in Karachi’s Afghan Basti when the roof of their house collapsed on Saturday night, officials said.

A senior police official said that some construction work was going on at the house in the Afghan Basti neighbourhood on the outskirts of Karachi when the roof collapsed.

Majority of Afghan refugees/settlers in Karachi have several neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city commonly known as Afghan Basti.

The official said the dead included five sisters and a close relative.

Four others, including two minor children, were also injured. The condition of one wounded man was said to be critical.

Gulshan-e-Maymar Station House Officer (SHO) Agha Asadullah said that there were 10 family members sleeping when the roof collapsed.

“The roof of the house collapsed in a house in Afghan Camp and as a result, 10 family members came under its debris.” “Four girls died on the spot, while two young girls were pronounced dead at the hospital,” he said.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said five females aged seven, eight, 10, 14 and 20 were dead on arrival.

Asadullah said that the single-storey house appeared to be old and in a dilapidated condition and construction work material had been stored on the roof which led to its collapse. PTI AS AS

(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)

Karachi, Mar 10 (PTI): Six people, including five Afghan sisters, were killed in Karachi’s Afghan Basti when the roof of their house collapsed on Saturday night, officials said.

A senior police official said that some construction work was going on at the house in the Afghan Basti neighbourhood on the outskirts of Karachi when the roof collapsed.

Majority of Afghan refugees/settlers in Karachi have several neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city commonly known as Afghan Basti.

The official said the dead included five sisters and a close relative.

Four others, including two minor children, were also injured. The condition of one wounded man was said to be critical.

Gulshan-e-Maymar Station House Officer (SHO) Agha Asadullah said that there were 10 family members sleeping when the roof collapsed.

“The roof of the house collapsed in a house in Afghan Camp and as a result, 10 family members came under its debris.” “Four girls died on the spot, while two young girls were pronounced dead at the hospital,” he said.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said five females aged seven, eight, 10, 14 and 20 were dead on arrival.

Asadullah said that the single-storey house appeared to be old and in a dilapidated condition and construction work material had been stored on the roof which led to its collapse. PTI AS AS

(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)

Karachi, Mar 10 (PTI): Six people, including five Afghan sisters, were killed in Karachi’s Afghan Basti when the roof of their house collapsed on Saturday night, officials said.

A senior police official said that some construction work was going on at the house in the Afghan Basti neighbourhood on the outskirts of Karachi when the roof collapsed.

Majority of Afghan refugees/settlers in Karachi have several neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city commonly known as Afghan Basti.

The official said the dead included five sisters and a close relative.

Four others, including two minor children, were also injured. The condition of one wounded man was said to be critical.

Gulshan-e-Maymar Station House Officer (SHO) Agha Asadullah said that there were 10 family members sleeping when the roof collapsed.

“The roof of the house collapsed in a house in Afghan Camp and as a result, 10 family members came under its debris.” “Four girls died on the spot, while two young girls were pronounced dead at the hospital,” he said.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said five females aged seven, eight, 10, 14 and 20 were dead on arrival.

Asadullah said that the single-storey house appeared to be old and in a dilapidated condition and construction work material had been stored on the roof which led to its collapse. PTI AS AS

(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)

Karachi, Mar 10 (PTI): Six people, including five Afghan sisters, were killed in Karachi’s Afghan Basti when the roof of their house collapsed on Saturday night, officials said.

A senior police official said that some construction work was going on at the house in the Afghan Basti neighbourhood on the outskirts of Karachi when the roof collapsed.

Majority of Afghan refugees/settlers in Karachi have several neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city commonly known as Afghan Basti.

The official said the dead included five sisters and a close relative.

Four others, including two minor children, were also injured. The condition of one wounded man was said to be critical.

Gulshan-e-Maymar Station House Officer (SHO) Agha Asadullah said that there were 10 family members sleeping when the roof collapsed.

“The roof of the house collapsed in a house in Afghan Camp and as a result, 10 family members came under its debris.” “Four girls died on the spot, while two young girls were pronounced dead at the hospital,” he said.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said five females aged seven, eight, 10, 14 and 20 were dead on arrival.

Asadullah said that the single-storey house appeared to be old and in a dilapidated condition and construction work material had been stored on the roof which led to its collapse. PTI AS AS

(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)

Karachi, Mar 10 (PTI): Six people, including five Afghan sisters, were killed in Karachi’s Afghan Basti when the roof of their house collapsed on Saturday night, officials said.

A senior police official said that some construction work was going on at the house in the Afghan Basti neighbourhood on the outskirts of Karachi when the roof collapsed.

Majority of Afghan refugees/settlers in Karachi have several neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city commonly known as Afghan Basti.

The official said the dead included five sisters and a close relative.

Four others, including two minor children, were also injured. The condition of one wounded man was said to be critical.

Gulshan-e-Maymar Station House Officer (SHO) Agha Asadullah said that there were 10 family members sleeping when the roof collapsed.

“The roof of the house collapsed in a house in Afghan Camp and as a result, 10 family members came under its debris.” “Four girls died on the spot, while two young girls were pronounced dead at the hospital,” he said.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said five females aged seven, eight, 10, 14 and 20 were dead on arrival.

Asadullah said that the single-storey house appeared to be old and in a dilapidated condition and construction work material had been stored on the roof which led to its collapse. PTI AS AS

(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)

Karachi, Mar 10 (PTI): Six people, including five Afghan sisters, were killed in Karachi’s Afghan Basti when the roof of their house collapsed on Saturday night, officials said.

A senior police official said that some construction work was going on at the house in the Afghan Basti neighbourhood on the outskirts of Karachi when the roof collapsed.

Majority of Afghan refugees/settlers in Karachi have several neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city commonly known as Afghan Basti.

The official said the dead included five sisters and a close relative.

Four others, including two minor children, were also injured. The condition of one wounded man was said to be critical.

Gulshan-e-Maymar Station House Officer (SHO) Agha Asadullah said that there were 10 family members sleeping when the roof collapsed.

“The roof of the house collapsed in a house in Afghan Camp and as a result, 10 family members came under its debris.” “Four girls died on the spot, while two young girls were pronounced dead at the hospital,” he said.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said five females aged seven, eight, 10, 14 and 20 were dead on arrival.

Asadullah said that the single-storey house appeared to be old and in a dilapidated condition and construction work material had been stored on the roof which led to its collapse. PTI AS AS

(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)

Karachi, Mar 10 (PTI): Six people, including five Afghan sisters, were killed in Karachi’s Afghan Basti when the roof of their house collapsed on Saturday night, officials said.

A senior police official said that some construction work was going on at the house in the Afghan Basti neighbourhood on the outskirts of Karachi when the roof collapsed.

Majority of Afghan refugees/settlers in Karachi have several neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city commonly known as Afghan Basti.

The official said the dead included five sisters and a close relative.

Four others, including two minor children, were also injured. The condition of one wounded man was said to be critical.

Gulshan-e-Maymar Station House Officer (SHO) Agha Asadullah said that there were 10 family members sleeping when the roof collapsed.

“The roof of the house collapsed in a house in Afghan Camp and as a result, 10 family members came under its debris.” “Four girls died on the spot, while two young girls were pronounced dead at the hospital,” he said.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said five females aged seven, eight, 10, 14 and 20 were dead on arrival.

Asadullah said that the single-storey house appeared to be old and in a dilapidated condition and construction work material had been stored on the roof which led to its collapse. PTI AS AS

(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)

Karachi, Mar 10 (PTI): Six people, including five Afghan sisters, were killed in Karachi’s Afghan Basti when the roof of their house collapsed on Saturday night, officials said.

A senior police official said that some construction work was going on at the house in the Afghan Basti neighbourhood on the outskirts of Karachi when the roof collapsed.

Majority of Afghan refugees/settlers in Karachi have several neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city commonly known as Afghan Basti.

The official said the dead included five sisters and a close relative.

Four others, including two minor children, were also injured. The condition of one wounded man was said to be critical.

Gulshan-e-Maymar Station House Officer (SHO) Agha Asadullah said that there were 10 family members sleeping when the roof collapsed.

“The roof of the house collapsed in a house in Afghan Camp and as a result, 10 family members came under its debris.” “Four girls died on the spot, while two young girls were pronounced dead at the hospital,” he said.

Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said five females aged seven, eight, 10, 14 and 20 were dead on arrival.

Asadullah said that the single-storey house appeared to be old and in a dilapidated condition and construction work material had been stored on the roof which led to its collapse. PTI AS AS

(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)

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