Seven dead in Pakistan building collapse

Seven dead in Pakistan building collapse
Posted: 25 December 2008 1553 hrs from Channel news asia


KARACHI -
The building in the city of Sukkur, some 370 kilometres (230 miles)
northeast of Karachi, was reduced to rubble when it came down at about 3:00am (2200 GMT Wednesday).

"Seven people have been killed and 17 others are injured," senior police official Hameed Khosa said, adding that substandard construction materials may have been used went the building went up six months ago.


So sad that this kind of preventable things still happening. Moreover Pakistan is in earthquake area.