6 killed as roof collapses at Afghan camp in Karachi

<p>Karachi, Mar 10 (PTI): Six people, including five Afghan sisters, were killed in Karachi’s Afghan Basti when the roof of their house collapsed on Saturday night, officials said.</p><p> A senior police official said that some construction work was going on at the house in the Afghan Basti neighbourhood on the outskirts of Karachi when the roof collapsed.</p><p> Majority of Afghan refugees/settlers in Karachi have several neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city commonly known as Afghan Basti.</p><p> The official said the dead included five sisters and a close relative.</p><p> Four others, including two minor children, were also injured. The condition of one wounded man was said to be critical.</p><p> Gulshan-e-Maymar Station House Officer (SHO) Agha Asadullah said that there were 10 family members sleeping when the roof collapsed.</p><p> “The roof of the house collapsed in a house in Afghan Camp and as a result, 10 family members came under its debris.” “Four girls died on the spot, while two young girls were pronounced dead at the hospital,” he said.</p><p> Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said five females aged seven, eight, 10, 14 and 20 were dead on arrival.</p><p> Asadullah said that the single-storey house appeared to be old and in a dilapidated condition and construction work material had been stored on the roof which led to its collapse. PTI AS AS</p><p><i>(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)</i></p>