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Hafizabad Tuition-Centre Roof Collapse Kills Seven, Including Five Children

The collapse highlights a wider pattern of monsoon-weakened structures in Punjab.

Overview

  • Rescue officials said the dead include the teacher, Imran, his mother, and two siblings among the children.
  • The roof gave way during a tuition class inside a dilapidated house in the Sukheke area of Hafizabad.
  • Hafizabad District Police Officer Atif Nazir Kadhar said teams pulled survivors from the rubble and reported one child with a severe head injury.
  • Three injured children were moved to a hospital in critical condition, according to rescue officials.
  • Residents urged urgent government action as recent collapses in Islampura, Nankana Sahib and Lahore’s Badami Bagh were reported alongside a monsoon season that has killed over 1,000 people nationwide.