Several trapped after three-storey building collapses in Malir

Several people are feared to be trapped under the rubble of a three-storey building which collapsed on Monday morning in the Jafar Tayyar Society in Malir, Karachi.

According to local media reports, the rescue teams have retrieved two bodies, including a woman. The 30-year-old building housed several families the members of which are feared to be trapped under the rubble as rescue teams and bystanders try to pull them out.

So far no heavy machinery has been able to reach the site as rescue teams and residents of the surrounding area try themselves to pull out the trapped people.

Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has also taken notice of the incident and has directed city commissioner to save human lives at all costs.  CM Shah has also summoned a report on how the building collapsed.