Weak foundation led to building collapse incident in Gulbahar: SBCA.

KARACHI -- A Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) team probing the collapse of a residential building in Gulbahar area of the city claimed that the twostorey building caved in due to its weak foundation. The three-member SBCA team reached the incident site that has already claimed lives of at least 18 people. The initial report prepared by the team said that the building comprised of an old structure and weak foundation. 'No development work was ongoing in the building at the time of its collapse,' the report said and added that further clarity into the matter would come after the debris is removed.

The report also said that the underground boring in nearby areas impacted the building foundation. 'We will be sending the samples from the debris for lab tests in order to ascertain real cause of the collapse,' said one official of the building authority. He said that the SBCA is yet to found any record on the collapsed building and once the debris is cleared, the committee would visit again to launch probe into the matter. It is pertinent to mention here that...