School roof collapse kills 21 students in Pakistan, renews concerns over building safety
PESHAWAR, Oct 15 — Twenty-one pupils and a teacher were killed yesterday after a roof collapsed at a sc...
PESHAWAR, October 15 - Twenty-one students and a teacher lost their lives when a school roof collapsed in Peshawar, northwest Pakistan, according to Asim Khan, a hospital official at Lady Reading Hospital. Over 30 individuals were injured, with six reportedly in critical condition. Pakistan's Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, expressed deep sorrow over the tragedy, extending condolences to the affected families and praying for their resilience in the face of irreplaceable loss.
Roof and building collapses are a recurring issue in Pakistan, largely due to substandard safety measures and subpar construction materials across the nation of over 240 million inhabitants. In June of the same year, more than a dozen children perished in a similar incident at a tutoring center in Lahore. Additionally, in 2025, a five-story building collapse in Karachi's impoverished Lyari area resulted in 27 deaths and 10 injuries.
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