Geo Pakistan

Lyari building collapse; four more bodies recovered

 Updated at: 0700 PST,  Saturday, August 06, 2011
 KARACHI: Rescue teams have recovered four more bodies from the debris of the building collapsed in Moosa Lane Lyari while 24 people are still missing, Geo News reported.

Rescue teams were still looking for survivors trapped under the rubble on the third consecutive day Saturday.

With four more bodies, the death toll in Lyari building collapse has climbed to 16.

Deputy Commissioner South Mustafa Jamal Qazi has said that three owners of the building have been apprehended. Three surrounding buildings have also been evacuated, he added.

DC Qazi said two temporary camps have been set up for the evacuees of the said three buildings.

President Asif Ali Zardari has announced compensation for the affectees and the decision in this regard would be made soon, Qazi added.