LAHORE: A labourer was killed while two others were injured when a minaret of an under-construction mosque fell on them on Vehari Road in Multan on Friday.

They were busy fixing the minaret of the mosque but they could not handle it and it fell down. Resultantly, three labourers were trapped under the debris of the minaret. The labourers suffered severe wounds and were shifted to hospital.

One of them, identified as Sadaqat, 30, succumbed to his injuries while two others, Ijaz, 30, and Khizer Abbas, 55, were being treated at the hospital.

Rescue officials said the wall of the mosque also caved in after the minaret fell on it.

Published in Dawn, May 24th, 2025

Opinion

Editorial

Close the gap
Updated 16 Jun, 2025

Close the gap

Our imbalanced scorecard in the main shows that power development and prosperity reflect the shallowness of political claims.
Fiscal malfeasance
16 Jun, 2025

Fiscal malfeasance

IT is galling that, even in these times of economic distress, when hardship has pushed millions of ordinary...
Rochdale conviction
16 Jun, 2025

Rochdale conviction

THE recent conviction of seven men in the Rochdale grooming gang case is a hard-won moment of justice. The men, ...
Deepening conflict
Updated 15 Jun, 2025

Deepening conflict

Some media reports say that the US had shipped hundreds of missiles to Israel before the attack on Iran.
Some strides
15 Jun, 2025

Some strides

THE PTI government in KP is not known for sound public service delivery in a province whose economy has been ...
Air India tragedy
15 Jun, 2025

Air India tragedy

THE black box of the ill-fated Air India flight AI171 has been recovered, and that should reveal in the coming days...