Overview
- The collapse occurred at a private payment point in Chak 123/P where women had gathered to collect Benazir Income Support Programme stipends ahead of Eid.
- Rescue officials said the shopkeeper directed some of more than 100 women onto the roof, which then gave way under the crowd’s weight.
- Reports put the toll at at least eight dead with injuries ranging from dozens to more than 80, and several patients in critical condition at Sheikh Zayed Hospital where an emergency was declared.
- Police registered a case at the Airport Police Station, naming five individuals including a private retailer’s device agent who was held responsible by the district police chief.
- BISP dispatched its chairperson and a high-level team, announced a heavy fine and legal action against a partner bank, and pledged Rs1 million to each bereaved family and Rs300,000 to each injured woman.