Inquiry into Peshawar school collapse blames owner for substandard material

An inquiry committee has presented its report on the Dir Colony school accident in Peshawar to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi. The report holds the school owner responsible for using substandard material in the construction of the building.

The meeting to review the report was held on Wednesday and was chaired by the governor. According to the reports, the committee also informed the governor that the concerned government departments had been negligent in fulfilling their responsibilities.

The collapse occurred at a private school, Al-Khair Education System, in Saeedabad, Dir Colony, Peshawar. The school building's roofs fell on 15 October 2026 at 9:05 am. Thirty-three children and one teacher were killed, and 51 people were injured.

According to Express News, the meeting was attended by Adviser on Education Amir Abdullah, Chief Secretary Dr Fakhr Alam Irfan, Secretary Education Inayatullah Waseem and members of the inquiry committee.

The committee briefed the governor on the causes of the accident, statements of the concerned officials, the responsibilities of the departments, and its findings and recommendations.

The governor directed that the law department be consulted to review the legal aspects of the inquiry report. He also directed that strict action be taken against those responsible for the accident once responsibility has been fixed.

He further directed the authorities to take effective measures to prevent such incidents in future, keeping in view the causes and shortcomings identified by the inquiry. The reports do not say what specific action has been taken against any individual or department so far.