Overview
- A partially constructed roof at a private school in Lahore’s Baghbanpura collapsed Thursday, killing an eight-year-old boy and injuring at least five other people.
- Officials said the collapse happened while the school was expanding a two-marla addition during summer-camp classes and that rubble fell onto the road, trapping the child.
- Baghbanpura police registered a criminal case on the complaint of education authorities, and reports differ over whether the vice-principal and other staff were formally detained for questioning.
- The Punjab government suspended two assistant education officers and ordered immediate safety audits of school buildings in densely populated areas while directing hospitals to provide care to the injured.
- The Baghbanpura collapse came two days after a separate roof failure at a Kahna tuition centre that killed 14 children after workers reportedly placed soil and debris on a weak T-iron roof, underscoring recurring problems with poor construction, overloaded roofs and informal education spaces.