Roof collapse kills 10 in Rawalakot

Roof collapse kills 10 in Rawalakot. Ten members of a family were killed when roof of their house collapsed in Tatta Pani area of Azad Kashmir.

According to details, the victims include five children and two women. The four injured have been shifted to THQ Kotli for treatment and first aid.

According to rescue officials, the building was housing two families and was owned by employee of Tourism Department.

Prime Minister Azad Kashmir expressed grief and sorrow over loss of precious human lives and said that government stands with the heirs of the victims in these testing times.

While the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has assured the flood-ravaged people of Balochistan of all possible help and cooperation in their rescue and rehabilitation, and that his government will not leave them alone in this challenging time.

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Meanwhile, the death toll in flood and rain-related accidents in Balochistan was reported to be 11, including three Levies officials, on Saturday; at least 10 people were killed and several others injured, dozens of houses and other infrastructure destroyed in various districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; and in Sindh, five bodies were found stuck in different gates of Sukkur Barrage, taking the official death toll over the last three days to 14.

The Provincial Disaster Management Authority in KP issued an alert, warning of high flood in the Kabul River and its tributaries and streams during the next 48 hours. It said the heavy rains also destroyed houses and infrastructure in Khyber, Buner, Swat and other areas of the province.

“The federal government will extend all help to the areas that suffered losses due to torrential rains and flash floods, including Balochistan,” Prime Minister Sharif said on Saturday while talking to the media after visiting the Jhal Magsi area of Nasirabad division.