Lahore tutoring centre roof collapse kills 14 children
On June 30, 2026, the roof of a private tutoring centre in the Kahna neighbourhood of Lahore, Pakistan, collapsed while dozens of children were attending classes. Emergency services rescued survivors and recovered the bodies of 14 school‑age children, ages roughly four to sixteen; five to ten other pupils and a teacher were injured.
Police said the building was an aging residential house undergoing construction on an unfinished second floor, and that excessive weight on the roof caused the failure. Five people, including the centre’s owner and a contractor, were taken into custody as investigators probe negligence.
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief and ordered that the injured receive full medical care. Punjab officials pledged stricter safety checks on unregistered tutoring centres ahead of the monsoon season.
The disaster has sparked public anger over lax building‑code enforcement and the proliferation of unregulated private tutoring facilities across the country.