20 dead, 100 people trapped in Pakistan factory

Lahore: Rescuers searching for 100 people trapped in the rubble of a collapsed under construction factory here worked through the night into Thursday in a bid to find people trapped in a disaster that has already claimed 20 lives.

The army said it was



deploying specialist search teams and engineers to help the rescue effort.

The collapse occurred at the four-storey Rajput Polyester polythene bag factory in the Sundar industrial estate, around 45 kilometres southwest of Lahore's city centre.