SWABI: Two minor sisters were killed when boundary wall of their house collapsed in Nabi village of Chota Lahor tehsil here on Saturday, Rescue 1122 officials said.

They said the girls were playing near the mud wall, which had been weakened by the recent rains, when it collapsed.

People were asked from mosque loudspeakers to come to the rescue of the buried children. A rescue team also reached there in the meantime.

The two sisters were retrieved from the debris in critical condition and were taken to Bacha Khan Hospital Complex, Shahmansoor, where doctors pronounced them dead. The deceased were identified as Manahil, 11, and Anosha 10, daughters of a poor farmer.

Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2023