Seven people were killed and 11 others injured in separate incidents of roof collapse due to torrential rains in Pakistan's east Punjab and northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provinces on Tuesday, local reports said, APA reports citing Xinhua.
Two people were killed and seven others injured when a residential building collapsed in Lahore, the capital city of Punjab.
Local authorities, who visited the site following the incident, told media that the building was in a dilapidated condition, and they had time and again issued advisory to vacate it, foreseeing the unlucky incident that happened on Tuesday, but residents did not pay heed.
The injured people were shifted to a nearby hospital, while the rescue for the trapped is going on in the area.
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