Building collapse.

SEVERAL days have passed since the tragic Gulbahar building collapse in Karachi; bodies continue to be retrieved from the rubble; and the death toll keeps rising with each passing day. On Saturday, a teenage boy was miraculously found alive during the search-and-rescue operation. Others were not so lucky, with eight bodies, including children and the elderly, pulled out from underneath the debris on Sunday. At the last count, 27 people had been confirmed dead, including seven members of a single family. The building is believed to have collapsed when the owner, who now has an FIR registered against him, began 'illegal' and 'unauthorised' work: first by constructing an additional floor, and then by building additional pillars to strengthen the foundation after cracks began to appear in the edifice. Such tragedies are all too common, particularly in the poorly planned, congested cities of the country. In January, a four-storey building collapsed in Sukkur, leading to the death of several people. Prior to that, another building collapsed in Karachi's Ranchhore Lines area...