Pakistani rescuers search for victims in the rubble of a collapsed factory on the outskirts of Lahore on November 7, 2015. -AFP
LAHORE, Pakistan: The death toll from the collapse of a factory in eastern Pakistan rose to 44 on Sunday as rescuers said that hopes of recovering more survivors were growing increasingly slim.
The incident,which took place near the Punjab provincial capital of Lahore on Wednesday, has underscored poor safety standards in the underdeveloped South Asian country of 200 million.
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