當地時間上周四(15日),巴基斯坦西北部大城白沙瓦(Peshawar)一所私立學校發生屋頂坍塌,造成32名學童與1名教師喪生,數十名兒童受傷。
DeadlyPeshawarRoofCollapseRaisesQuestionsOverRegulationofPrivateSchoolsSource:TheNewYorkTimes#Pakistanhttps://t.co/bz99rca0Bm
—PakNews-www.pak.news(@paknewsnow)October17,2026
《紐約時報》(TheNewYorkTimes)報導,這起悲劇發生在DirColony社區的Al-Khair教育系統(Al-KhairEducationSystem)的一棟3層建築,當時學童正在不同樓層的教室上課,屋頂多處崩塌,碎片砸入下方教室。
11歲的比比(SamraBibi)因忘了帶鉛筆,離開教室到一樓販賣部拿筆,就在那一刻屋頂倒塌,她因此逃過一劫,毫髮無傷。她的父親扎明(MuhammadZameen)說:「整晚她都抱著媽媽或我……她非常難過,想念她的老師」。另一名家長卡汗(IsmailKhan)則失去6歲女兒,上周五(16日)在女兒葬禮後於家門外接待弔唁者,氣氛沉痛。
AtLeast29Killed,MostlyYoungChildren,inDeadlyPeshawarSchoolRoofCollapse;OwnerArrested.PESHAWAR,Pakistan—TheroofofaprivateschoolcollapsedduringmorningclassesThursdayinPeshawar,killingatleast28studentsandonefemaleteacher,hospitalofficialssaid,with19othersinjured,somecritically.TheincidentstrucktheAl-KhairschoolintheDirColonyareashortlyafter8:48a.m.localtime.Ahigher-floorrooffellontoclassroomsbelow,crumplingfloorsandtrappingchildren,mostlyages7to16.LadyReadingHospitaldeclaredanemergencyasbodiesandthewoundedarrived;threechildrenremainedundertreatmentforsevereheadinjuries.Rescueteamsclearedthedebrisbyafternoon,confirmingnooneelseremainedtrapped,thoughnarrowstreetsslowedefforts.Policearrestedtheschool’sowner.Preliminaryfindingspointedtoaweakstructureoverloadedbyconstruction.KhyberPakhtunkhwaGovernorFaisalKarimKundiorderedaprovince-widestructuralsafetyauditofschools.PresidentAsifAliZardaricalledthetragedy“heart-wrenching”andurgedafullinvestigation,whilePrimeMinisterShehbazSharifdirectedmaximummedicalaidfortheinjuredandsupportforgrievingfamilies.BuildingcollapsesremainarecurringriskinPakistanduetopoorstandardsandmaterials.Authoritiesvowedaccountabilitytopreventfurtherlosses.#Peshawar#SchoolCollapse
—JAS(@JasADRxquisites)October15,2026
救援人員瓦哈卜(FazalWahab)描述,學童正在上課時屋頂分段塌陷。事發時間約為當地早上8時48分,救援行動在數小時內完成,至少40名兒童被活著救出。白沙瓦警察局長賽義德(MianSaeed)指出,建築結構脆弱,屋頂因額外施工而超載。部分報導指近期降雨可能加劇屋頂不穩,且使用了劣質建材。
家長先前早已就建築品質提出警告。有家屬表示曾向校方投訴雨水滲漏與牆面、屋頂惡化,但未獲處理。事後警方逮捕學校擁有者卡汗(MohammadKhan),並對擁有者、股東與承包商立案,指控使用劣質材料且無視先前投訴。
⭕Thedeathtollinthe#Pakistanschoolroofcollapseroseto35includingafemaleteacherin#Peshawar.Mostofthestudentswere7-13yearold.Thousandsjoinedintoattendthefuneralwithheartbreakingscenes;andastheysay🥀"smallestcoffinsaretheheaviest."Onetopfloorroofofthesmallbuildingbeingusedasawelfareschool,collapsedinthemorningandaspeoplerushedforrescuetheaddedweightandmovementledtothecollapseofsecondroof.Around110#studentswereintheschool.Manyreceivedminorinjuriesandafewarereportedcritical.Poorerlocalitiesacrossthecountryhavethousandsofsimilarprivateschoolsthatgetnogovtfundingandarerunwithnominalfees;withlittlelefttospendonsaferbuildings.Yearsofpoliticalinstabilityhasledtoadysfunctionalstateofaffairs;impactingeverysphereoflife.#PeshawarSchool
—ShafekKoreshe(@shafeKoreshe)October15,2026
開伯爾-普赫圖赫瓦省(KhyberPakhtunkhwa)省長昆迪(FaisalKarimKundi)下令全省私立學校進行安全檢查,教育部門須在3天內提交報告,並宣布對遇難家庭提供補償。總理謝里夫(ShehbazSharif)要求全力救治傷者,並展開徹底調查。
這起事件凸顯巴基斯坦私立學校建築監管不足的問題。在快速擴張的私人教育需求下,許多校舍以臨時或不合標準方式興建,安全檢查執行不力。當局已封鎖該校舍,進一步調查持續進行,全國各地學校安全問題再次受到關注。