Peshawar:Twenty-nine children tragically lost their lives, and more than forty were injured when the roof of a private school collapsed in the Dir Colony area of Peshawar city this morning.
According to Radio Pakistan, a rescue operation is currently underway to retrieve bodies from the debris.
The injured have been transported to Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar for medical attention.
Rescue and relief efforts by the Pakistan Army and other agencies are ongoing following the incident at Al-Khair School. Personnel from the Pakistan Army, along with other rescue teams, are actively working to rescue children and school staff trapped under the debris.