A labourer killed, four injured in marriage hall building collapse

SIALKOT: One labourer was killed and four others sustained serious injuries in collapse of the outer walls and pillars during the digging of basement of a marriage hall in Sialkot city's congested Naikapura locality here on Thursday.

According to the Rescue 112 Sialkot officials, as many as five labourers were busy in digging the basement of an under construction marriage hall, where some pillars and outer walls suddenly collapsed on the labourers with big bang.

The rescuers of Rescue 1122 Sialkot rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area, pulling out the labourers from the debris. During this a labourer Rescue Bakhat Muneer died on the spot, while four other labourers Gul Khan, Sakhi Buhadar , Ehsan Ullah and Muhammad Nabi where shifted to Government Allama Iqbal Memorial DHQ Hospital Sialkot in critical condition. The deceased and injured labourers belonged to Swat. Naikapura police are investigating with no arrest.