KHANEWAL: Five people were killed and over 50 others sustained serious injuries when a roof of a mosque caved in at Rehmat Colony, Mian Channu on Sunday.

According to Rescue 1122 sources, Qul Khawani of late Maulana Rubnawaz was in progress inside Hussain Ibn-e-Ali Mosque when the roof collapsed.

As a result, Ghulam Muhammad, Bashir Ahmed, Shahnaz Bibi, Peer Bakhash and Ghulam Nabi died on the spot while over 50 others sustained serious injuries.

Rescue 1122 shifted the injured to THQ hospital for medical treatment from where five of them were transferred to Nishtar Hospital Multan in precarious condition.

Women and children were also reciting the Holy Quran in the upper storey of the mosque at the time of incident.

Provincial Parliamentary Secretary for Finance, Rana Babar Hussain, Central General Secretary Jamat Ehal-e-Sunnat Dr Khadim Hussain Dhillo, and Central vice president Maulana Abdul Khaliq Rehmani visited the hospital and inquired about the health of injured.