March 13, 2024

A three-storey residential building, which was in a dilapidated condition, collapsed on Tuesday in Multan’s Mohalla Jawadian near Haram Gate, leaving nine people including three women dead.  Meanwhile, two people sustained injuries in the incident and are critically injured. They are being treated at the Nishtar Hospital, said Rescue 1122’s District Emergency Officer Dr Kaleem Ullah.  According to the DEO, they received a call about the mishap at around 3:30am after which the teams rushed to the site to start rescue operation. He added that a total of 11 people were stuck under the debris after the building collapsed out of which nine lost their lives.  Moreover, seven people, who were among the dead, belonged to the same family. Children aged 12 to 15 years are also among the dead, said the district administration. The deceased were identified as Danish (15), Faheem Abbas (40), Ameer Ali (12), Waseem (14), Sanoobar (40), Bukhtawar Ameen (18) and Komal (13). Moreover, Waqar and Mussarat Bibi sustained serious injuries and were shifted to the hospital. “The rescue operation has been completed,” said DEO Kaleem. In a similar incident which happened in December last year, nine members of the same family, including a mother and her eight children, were killed in a tragic incident after a roof of their house collapsed due to fire caused by a short-circuit. The Rescue 1122, along with three ambulances and locals made concerted efforts to extinguish the fire and rescue the residents. Unfortunately, the wood and clay house quickly caught fire, impeding rescue activities. The deceased persons were identified as the wife of Zakir, four daughters and four sons, including Hashim, Qasim, Hasan, and Sufyan. Source: https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1167302-nine-dead-two-injured-after-dilapidated-building-collapses-in-multan

Ten children are among those injured in the missile attack on apartment buildings as rescue teams search for survivors. A Russian missile has hit two apartment buildings in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, killing three people and injuring at least 38, with rescue teams sifting through rubble in a night-time search for survivors. Serhiy Lysak, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region, put the provisional injury toll from the attack on Tuesday at 28 adults and 10 children. “Two buildings were hit, one five storeys, one nine storeys,” Lysak wrote on Telegram. “The number of injured is constantly rising as is the number of children injured.” Video of the scene showed a blaze that erupted at the top of one apartment block and rescue teams carrying the injured out of shattered building entrances. “The emergency services and residents who care are rescuing residents blocked in their apartments and are continuing to search for anyone who might be under the rubble,” Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko wrote. “Four people have already been rescued.” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was born and raised in Kryvyi Rih, said on Telegram that search operations “will continue as long as they are needed.” In his evening address, he said: “We will inflict losses on the Russian state in response – quite rightly. They in the Kremlin must learn that terror does not go unpunished for them.” The city of Kryvyi Rih has been frequently targeted by Russian forces throughout the conflict. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/12/russian-missile-attack-apartment-buildings-kryvyi-rih-ukraine

Israel sabotaging ceasefire negotiations: Palestinian refugee rights groupBadil, a resource centre for refugee rights, has blamed Israel for sabotaging ceasefire talks.It cites the following examples: The call for a permanent ceasefire is denied by Israel for the sake of a temporary truce or pauseInstead of the provision of unrestricted humanitarian aid, Israel weaponises aid and obstructs UN agencies’ operationsInstead of a military withdrawal from Gaza, Israel plans to “redeploy” Israeli forces in the besieged enclaveThe call to allow the return of all displaced Palestinians is denied. Instead, Israel proposes the return of only women and children Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/13/israels-war-on-gaza-live-netanyahu-vows-to-finish-the-job-in-rafah