SUKKUR, Feb 5: Two children were killed and seven others were injured when a wall of a school building collapsed in Saleh Pat, Rohri taluka, here on Wednesday night.

During a stage drama organized at the Government Higher Secondary School, many children were sitting on the under-construction wall of the school which collapsed.

Those killed were identified as Abdul Sattar Shaikh, 10, and Rab Nawaz Shaikh, 11. The injured included Anil Kumar, his brother, Sunil Kumar, Imam Dino Kori, Manzoor Shaikh and Bashir Ahmad Soomro.

Shaikh, Anil, Sunil and Soomro were admitted to the Sukkur Civil Hospital because of their critical condition.

District Nazim Syed Nasir Hussain Shah and other officials rushed to the school where the Nazim ordered an inquiry as to why the drama was organized without permission.

CLASH: Eight persons of the Banglani tribe were injured in an armed clash near Thul between two groups of the tribe over grazing cattlehead on Thursday.

The injured included Mohim Banglani, Bahadur Ali, Ali Hassan, Siraj, Asghar Ali, Abdul Haq and Ghulam Rasool Banglani. The police registered a case and arrested 10 persons of both the groups.

INJURED: Five persons were injured when two motorcycles collided at the Begari bund, Thul, on Thursday.

The injured, including Mohammad Murad Panhyar and Baboo Sakhi, were admitted to Thul Taluka Hospital.

LOOTED: Passengers of awagon were looted by armed bandits on the Sukkur-Larkana Road near Amrot on Wednesday.

Opinion

Editorial

Doctor attacked
09 Jun, 2026

Doctor attacked

AN act of reprehensible violence has shaken the medical community. On Saturday, an employee of the Provincial Civil...
AJK flare-up
Updated 09 Jun, 2026

AJK flare-up

The situation started deteriorating after a trader affiliated with the JAAC was reportedly shot in an altercation with law-enforcers.
Fault lines
09 Jun, 2026

Fault lines

THE April 8 ceasefire that halted hostilities between Israel and Iran has encountered its most serious test yet....
Soft on traders
08 Jun, 2026

Soft on traders

THE Fixed Tax Asaan Scheme for traders with an annual turnover of up to Rs200m has been designed as a ‘pragmatic...
Ceasefire in name
Updated 08 Jun, 2026

Ceasefire in name

Both sides accuse the other of violating the truce that was supposed to halt the conflict in April, yet neither appears willing to abandon negotiations altogether.
Damaged childhoods
08 Jun, 2026

Damaged childhoods

CHILD abuse is so prevalent that the UN ranked Pakistan as the least safe country for children. Even so, more than...