INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Eleven workers were killed early Wednesday after a portion of the outer wall of a sprawling compound collapsed after being weakened by rains
near an under-construction bridge on the outskirts of Pakistan&s capital, Islamabad, police and rescue officials said.The wall fell while
the workers sat inside their roadside tents at the construction site, Associated Press reported.Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in a statement
expressed his sorrow and grief over the deaths.Local police official Mohammad Akram and Emergency Service Rescue 1122 said the collapse
happened amid the monsoon rains near the neighborhood of Golra and that the bodies of the deceased were recovered
At least five construction workers were also injured, senior police officer Khan Zeb said.Officials said the rains hadn''t caused any damage
to the walls of the under-construction bridge and that the laborers were killed or injured when the wall of a nearby building collapsed,
burying them under the rubble.Monsoon rains have been lashing Pakistan since June 25, killing at least 112 people in weather-related
The rains have also swelled Pakistan&s rivers in eastern Punjab province, swamping hundreds of villages and displacing at least 15,000
people.The rains returned to Pakistan a year after climate-induced downpours inundated at one point one-third of Pakistan, killing 1,739
The floods also caused $30 billion in damage in cash-strapped Pakistan in 2022.The post 11 dead after a wall collapses in Pakistan during
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