Seventeen students, one teacher killed in school roof collapse in Peshawar

ISLAMABAD: At least 17 students, all of them below the age of 13, and one teacher were killed in a school roof collapse in Pakistan’s Peshawar city, a local hospital spokesperson said on Thursday.

The students and the teacher were brought dead to the Lady Reading Hospital along with more than a dozen people who were injured in the incident, hospital spokesperson Mohammad Asim said.

The cause of the collapse was not immediately clear.

Rescue 1122 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Spokesperson Bilal Ahmad Faizi said according to initial reports, several children were feared trapped under the debris of the school roof in Dir Colony.

“Rescue 1122 ambulances and disaster response vehicles reached the scene and initiated relief operations. So far, Rescue 1122 has provided first aid to over 10 injured children and is shifting them to the hospital, while a search operation remains underway to locate others,” he said.
In a statement, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed deep sorrow and grief over the loss of lives in the roof collapse incident of a private school in Peshawar.

He expressed condolences to the families of the deceased and prayed for the early recovery of the injured, directing that all possible medical assistance be provided to them.

Earlier in June, at least 14 children were killed and several others injured when the roof of a tuition centre collapsed in Lahore’s Kahna area. Around 30 children were attending classes at the time. Construction work was underway on the upper floor of the building, and rainfall had further weakened the girder-supported roof.

On March 30, 2026, three children lost their lives and two sustained critical injuries when the roof of a house collapsed during heavy rain in Warishmi Kallah Mandan area of Bannu district.