LAHORE: Five people, two sisters among them, were killed and several people were injured in roof collapse incidents in Lahore and Gujrat caused by heavy rains.

In Lahore’s Harbanspura area, one person died while two traders lost their lives when the roof of a motorcycle showroom collapsed in Baghbanpura.

The heavy rain damaged several houses, inundated low-lying areas and underpasses, causing traffic disruption. The rainwater inundated Jain Mandir, Jinnah Hospital, Nishtar Park Sports Complex, Lahore High Court outside GPO Chowk, and Harbanspura underpass.

GUJRAT: Two sisters were killed and four other members of a family, including their parents, were injured when the roof of their house caved in due to heavy rain at Heerapur village of Industrial Estate area police station on Thursday.

Police and rescue sources said Haider Ali of Jhang district had been residing with his family at an outhouse of a landlord at a village near Kunjah Town of Gujrat. The roof of their house caved in leaving two of Ali’s daughters, 16-year-old Maryam and 14-year-old Ayesha, dead. Haider Ali, 35, his wife Samar Bibi, son Samar Abbas, 10, and daughter Masooma, 8, were critically injured in the incident.

The injured were shifted to the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital by a team of the Rescue 1122. The Gujrat Saddar SDPO and other officials reached the spot for investigation.

Published in Dawn, July 22nd, 2022