ISLAMABAD: A labourer was killed and two were injured after a lift of a building collapsed during repair work, police said on Tuesday.

The incident took place at a multi-story marquee located in the area of Gulberg Greens, they said, adding that three staff members of an elevator company came over to the marquee to repair a lift installed in the building.

All of a sudden, the lift collapsed during the repair work, the police said, adding that as a result, the three labourers sustained injuries, and later they were shifted to a hospital, where one of them, identified as Mohammad Fahad Nadeem, 20, was pronounced dead.

The injured were identified as Shan Ali and Zeeshan Ali, they added.

Published in Dawn, March 13th, 2024

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