The death toll from a collapsed multistory residential building in southern Pakistan has risen to 16 as search operations to find eight survivors trapped under the rubble continued for the second day

The death toll in the Lyari building collapse in Karachi has risen to 16. Rescue efforts are ongoing, with several people still believed to be trapped under the rubble. The Sindh Building Control Authority had previously declared the building unsafe.

Families await news of trapped loved ones outside a building home to around 20 families in the Lyari neighbourhood of Karachi.