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Six of a family die in roof collapse
Victims were asleep when roof of first floor caved in due to construction work
Rescue 1122 team had to cut grills with heavy cutters to get access to the victims trapped in the debris. PHOTO: EXPRESS
LAHORE:
At least six members of a family died after the roof of a house collapsed in Shadbagh on Friday.
The victims included women and children and the family has been living in the house situated on Imam Ghazali Road, Wasanpura for the last six years.
Construction work was going on the first floor. The ground floor’s roof was made of girders.
KMC official sent to jail in illegal charged parking case
Karachi
January 3, 2021
The provincial anti-corruption court on Saturday sent an official of the Karachi Municipal Corporation to jail in judicial custody in a case pertaining to taking a bribe.
Muhammad Yaseen, deputy director of the charged parking department at the KMC, was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) in the presence of a judicial magistrate for taking a bribe of Rs10,000 a week.
According to the prosecution, the accused had demanded the bribe for the allotment of an illegal parking lot in a Korangi No. 6 market.
It added that the investigation found that the suspect used to take bribes for establishing illegal parking lots in the area without any tender or challan.