Roof Collapse: Three die, two injured

FAISALABAD: Three people were killed and two suffered serious injuries as the roof of a house in Bag Town caved in on Saturday. Owner Muhammad Shareef Khokar was constructing a new room in his fifty-year-old house and had stored construction material including bricks and cement at the roof. On Saturday, the roof collapsed. Ajmal, 30; Nusrat Bibi, 28; and Amber, 5, were caught under the rubble and died.  Bilal and Adnan were rescued and taken to Jhang district headquarters (DHQ) hospital. Doctors treating them at the hospital described their condition as critical.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 1^st, 2012.