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Mosque wall collapse kills pupil

PESHAWAR: Provincial Education Minister, Shahram Khan Tarakai on Monday (27th of June, 2022) has informed that the initial investigation into a wall collapse incident has revealed that it was not wall of the school but in fact the wall of a nearby under-construction mosque had collapsed that killed a student and injured five others.

In a statement here, the Minister said a laborer working in the mosque was also injured in the incident that occurred during morning hours in Depur area of Lal Qilla Dir Lower. The laborers, he said, were digging beside the mosque’s wall which collapsed on the school’s side.

He said an 8-year-old girl was killed and five others, including a laborer, were injured in the incident. Investigation has been ordered to ascertain the factors which caused the wall to collapse. The Minister said and added that those found responsible for the tragic incident would be taken to the task.

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.