Pakistan collapse leaves 10 dead, many injured

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Sudden collapse of a newly constructed road bridge in the Pakistani capital Karachi left 10 dead in September and prompted an investigation into the design and construction quality in the city.rnThe 100m section of the steel box girder deck at Paracha Chowk in Shershah, a suburb of Karachi, failed without warning shortly after 1pm local time on 8 September - less than a month after being opened by Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf.rnLocal engineering consultant and Pakistan ICE representative Sarfraz Ahmad, said the rush to complete on time could have been a factor.