Devastated families mourn children killed by Pakistan school roof collapse
A tragic school roof collapse in Peshawar, Pakistan, has resulted in the deaths of 34 students and one teacher. Authorities have launched an investigation and arrested the school owner following reports that the structure was overloaded with construction materials.
Why it matters
The incident highlights critical issues regarding building safety standards and infrastructure oversight in densely populated regions.
ISLAMABAD: When 7-year-old Rumaisa Khan set off for school on Thursday she was wearing a brand-new pair of shoes her father had just bought for her. Within hours she was dead, one of 34 students killed when the roof of her school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.
“I had got her a pair of new shoes which she wore that day after gifting the old one to a cousin,” her father, garment shop owner Ismail Khan, said on Friday as the community mourned the victims of the tragedy.
He and his brother had pulled Rumaisa from the rubble of the Al-Khair Education Center, located in narrow alleys on the city outskirts. They rushed her to a hospital where she was declared dead.
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