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Rescuers
carry a survivor from the rubble of a collapsed factory on the outskirts of
Lahore, on November 4, 2015 ©Arif Ali (AFP)
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Rescue crews resumed
digging through the rubble of a collapsed factory in Pakistan Friday as
officials said they expected to find at least two dozen more bodies, with the
death toll standing at 23. More than 100 survivors have already been pulled from the
debris of the four-storey Rajput Polyester polythene bag factory near the
Punjab provincial capital of Lahore after it came crashing down on Wednesday
evening, trapping dozens of people inside.
But
hopes were fading for anyone left alive as rescuers scrabbled through the
debris.
"We
have recovered up to 23 dead bodies and more than 100 injured so far. There are
less chances of finding more injured under the rubble but we are looking for
dead bodies," Arshad Zia, head of rescue services in Punjab, told AFP.
