At least 17 people were injured in separate roof collapse incidents due to heavy rain in different parts of the country.
Six labourers were wounded as a wall of a building collapsed in Rawalpindi’s Peer Wadhai area on Sunday. According to reports, the rescue personnel reached the spot and shifted the victims to hospital for medical treatment.
On the other hand, four women sustained severe injuries as a roof of a house collapsed in Faisalabad.
The incident took place in Shalimar Town when a roof of a dilapidated house caved in and entrapped four women under the rubble. The rescue officials arrived at the scene and shifted one woman to Allied Hospital where the doctors stated her out of danger. The wounded women were identified as Saba, Bilqees, Meerab and Rubina.
Separately, seven people, including children were injured in another roof collapse incident in Gujranwala. The injured were immediately taken to the hospital for medical assistance.