KARAK, March 16: Two children were killed when roof of a house collapsed in Zangana village in Takht-i-Nusrati tehsil on Saturday.

Police said three children were buried alive when roof of house of Payo Khan collapsed in Zangana village. Local residents retrieved the body of Yasmin from the rubble and took injured Kashif and Tabish to hospital where Tabish died.

Meanwhile, a child was killed and another critically injured when a wall collapsed on them while playing. People shifted them to the hospital, where Yasir died and Talha was in precarious condition. Similarly, rivals shot dead a man and injured his brother over an old enmity in Serikhwa area of Banda Daud Shah. —Correspondent

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