Overview
- The Little Scholars School, which collapsed Thursday around midday, left four students dead and at least 14 injured in Dera Ghazi Khan, with some reports listing 20.
- Rescue 1122 said teams pulled the bodies from the rubble, rushed the injured to Allama Iqbal Teaching Hospital, and kept searching as some children were feared trapped.
- District officials said work on an upper floor and piles of sand and bricks on the roof likely overloaded the classroom ceiling.
- The deputy commissioner reported the school owner’s arrest and a case registration, with a probe now examining a five-to-six-marla campus that enrolled about 780 children and the building’s fitness certificate.
- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz sought a detailed report, a step that could drive wider checks on private school safety in the province.