House collapses near Karachi’s Café Pyala, child dies

Karachi: A three-year-old child died and four others were injured on Thursday when a house collapsed due to drainage cleaning near Karachi’s Café Pyala, rescue sources said.

Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) authorities claimed that the house was illegally built near the drainage sewer.

Rescue sources said, “Four people were injured due to the collapse, while a dead body of a child was recovered from the rubble.”

They further said that a 27-year-old woman and 50-year-old man were also among the injured.

Police said that the injured personnel were rushed to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.