The collapsed roof took the lives of 35 people: New decision in schools from Pakistan

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government announced that it launched an investigation into the cause of the collapse on the roof of the private school named Al-Khair in Peshawar yesterday and ordered to inspect all private schools in the province.

According to the instruction, district committees will be established to inspect many parts of private school buildings across the state, such as roofs, ceilings, walls and columns, and the findings and recommendations will be presented to the state government within three days.

While Muhammad Khan, the owner of the school, was detained, Peshawar Police Chief Saeed Ahmed stated that the building was structurally weak and Khan told the police that recent rains had weakened one of the roofs.

40 CHILDREN WERE SAVED ALIVE

Bilal Faizi, spokesman for the emergency services in Peshawar, said that the teams reached the scene within five minutes after the notice and that everyone trapped under the rubble was removed when the operation ended.

Faizi reported that rescue teams rescued at least 40 children from the rubble alive.

The roof of a private school in the Afridi Abad district of Peshawar city collapsed yesterday while students were in classrooms.

In the incident, 34 students and one teacher lost their lives.