PHOTO: AFPAt least five people were killed and 29 others injured in a blast - reportedly caused by a gas leak - which ripped through a four-storey residential building near Maskan Chowrangi in Gulshan-e-Iqbal on Wednesday morning. Later, K-Electric and Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) teams suspended electricity and gas connections in the locality. Later, a bomb disposal squad concluded the blast occurred due to a natural gas leak, adding that they couldn't find any traces of explosive material. Others claimed that they had, in fact, apprised the SSGC of the gas leak multiple times, but to no avail. He further denied any complaint of a gas leak being lodged on the SSGC helpline from the building.

Source: The Express Tribune October 22, 2020 03:33 UTC