One killed, another injured in wall collapse

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LAHORE: A man died while another was injured critically as the wall of an under-construction house collapsed on the Rahim Road, Misri Shah, here on Tuesday.

A police official said the man who died was the contractor, Arif, while the injured person, Zaheer, was the labourer.

He said that both of them were standing close to the wall of the under-construction house of Nadeem when its wall collapsed and they got trapped under the debris.

The police official said Arif succumbed to his critical head and neck injuries on the way to the hospital. The police took into custody the house owner, Nadeem, for interrogation.

Published in Dawn, September 23rd, 2026

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