Victims of Lahore roof collapse laid to rest

Author: Imran chaudhry

LAHORE – Funeral prayer of the five members of a family, who were killed in a two-storey building roof collapse in Farooq Gung Misri Shah area of the provincial capital, was offered on Friday morning.

A woman and her four kids, including three sons and a daughter, were killed when a roof of their dilapidated house collapsed in Farooq Gunj area on late Thursday night. The bodies of the deceased were retrieved from the rubbles.

A mass funeral prayer of the five persons was offered at a local ground. Heart wrenching scenes were witnessed when the bodies of the deceased were being carried from the area. The area wore a mournful look while the local market remained closed in respect for the victims of the tragedy. The victims of the incident will be laid to rest at local Graveyard.

The deceased were identified as Iram Zubair (38), Umair Zubair (14), Namra Zubair (13), Shayan Zubair (4) and Abdul Rahman.

In a separate development, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif had announced a financial assistance of Rs 500,000 each, for the family of the deceased.

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