The service said that the incident took place in the morning on Peshawar Road in the Golrah Mor area of the city when the wall near an under-construction underpass collapsed, following heavy rain, reports Xinhua news agency.
The victims were sleeping along the wall under a tent, it added.
Upon receiving the information, the rescue workers reached the site and recovered eight bodies from the rubble, the service said, adding that a rescue operation for the missing labourers was underway.
The bodies have been shifted to a local hospital, according to the rescue service.
–IANS
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