US EditionDeath toll rises to 27 in Pakistan building collapse as rescue ends
LYARI, KARACHI, SINDH, PAKISTAN, JUL 6 – Investigations focus on illegal construction and ignored evacuation notices as 27 people died in the collapse of a 30-year-old building in Lyari, Karachi, authorities said.
- On Sunday, rescue teams concluded a nearly three-day operation at the Lyari five-storey building in Karachi, with the death toll reaching 27.
- Years before the collapse, the Sindh Building Control Authority marked the building unsafe, issued notices, and documented illegal additions, including two extra floors added despite warnings issued as recently as June 25.
- According to rescue officials, 27 bodies, including three children and nine women, were recovered using a heartbeat-detection device, with 11 injured—10 discharged—highlighting rescue efforts' complexity.
- Following the collapse, 22 unsafe buildings have been declared, with 14 evacuated, and a high-level committee formed to investigate the incident and prevent future disasters.
- The Sindh government plans to review evacuation and safety measures for over 400 dangerous buildings in Karachi, aiming to evacuate all hazardous structures in Lyari, amid ongoing declarations of unsafe complexes.
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As people continue to be evacuated from nearby structures following a deadly building collapse in Karachi’s congested Lyari neighbourhood that left 27 people dead, Sindh Senior Minister Sharjeel Memon said on Wednesday it would not be possible for the government to provide housing to all residents living in dilapidated buildings. The five-storey building on Fida Husain Shaikha Road in Lea Market collapsed on Friday morning, with the rescue opera…
Survivors grieve, worry about future after deadly building collapse
KARACHI: Survivors of a building collapse that killed 27 people in the Pakistani city of Karachi were trying on Monday to come to terms with the loss of loved ones and their homes. The five-story building collapsed on Friday in the overcrowded inner-city Lyari district where many working-class and poor families live in aging apartment blocks. The site is now a tangle of
In Karachi, on Sunday after the collapse of a five-storey residential building, the search for survivors has been stopped, and the number of deaths has risen to 27. The cause could be government failure.
Pakistan building collapse site cleared, death toll climbs to 27
Pakistan rescuers have concluded a three day-long rescue operation, recovering 27 bodies from a building that collapsed in the mega port city of Karachi, officials said on Monday. Residents reported hearing cracking sounds shortly before the apartment block crumbled around 10:00 am on Friday in Karachi's impoverished Lyari neighbourhood, which was once plagued by gang violence and considered one of the most dangerous areas in Pakistan. "All the …
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