Peshawar:Twenty-one children lost their lives on Thursday when the roof of a school collapsed in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan.

According to Qatar News Agency, a rescue operation is currently in progress to recover the bodies from the debris, as reported by Pakistan Radio.

The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Faisal Karim Kundi, has instructed the relevant authorities to provide the best possible medical facilities to the injured children.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing, although the cause of the collapse has not yet been determined.