Trapped man calls for help on cell phone after Karachi building collapse.

KARACHI -- One of the people trapped in the rubble of a residential building collapsed in Karachi's Golimar area desperately called for help with his cell phone from the debris, media reported on Thursday.

According to details available with media, one of the trapped persons begged for rescue and called for help by making a telephone call to his brother from the mobile phone.

At least three people were killed and several feared trapped after a multi-storey residential building has collapsed in Karachi's Golimar on Thursday afternoon.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Rehan Hashmi talking to media outside the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital said that at least 32 injured were brought to Abbasi hospital out of which 20 were discharged after getting first aid.

Meanwhile, rescue activities are underway to take the people out of the debris of the collapsed building.

Three bodies have been...

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