At least 14 kids killed as Pakistan tutoring center's roof collapses

Lahore, Pakistan — A roof collapse at a tutoring center under construction in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday killed at least 14 schoolchildren, police and rescue officials said. Eight other children were injured and being treated at a hospital, senior police official Faisal Kamran said, adding that the owner of the tutoring center and another person have been arrested. NOTE : This article includes graphic images below. Rescue workers clear a damaged room after a tutoring center's roof collapsed in the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, June 30, 2026. Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Kamran said rescuers were searching through the rubble after receiving reports that more children could be trapped beneath the debris. He said the tutoring center was housed in an aging building and that the roof of an unfinished second floor apparently collapsed because of poor construction quality. Building collapses are common in Pakistan, where construction standards are often poorly enforced. Many structures are built with substandard materials, and safety regulations are frequently ignored to reduce costs. A residential building collapsed less than a year ago in the southern city of Karachi, killing more than two dozen people. Witnesses said ambulances and rescue workers rushed to the scene after the roof collapsed. Residents also joined the search, using shovels and their bare hands to remove rubble in an effort to reach children trapped beneath the debris. …