ISLAMABAD: Municipal and rescue teams stepped up debris removal operations at a fire-hit shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi on Wednesday, as officials said the death toll from the blaze has climbed to nearly 60 and the search for missing victims continues. Teams from the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) are clearing rubble from Gul Plaza, a multi-story shopping complex where a fire broke out late Saturday, under strict safety measures, with debris being transported to a designated ground in the city’s Meva Shah area, an official statement said.

ISLAMABAD: The provincial government of Sindh has ordered an official inquiry after a fire at a major shopping plaza in the port city of Karachi killed 11 people and destroyed…

KARACHI: The death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, rose to at least 10 after rescuers recovered four more bodies from the badly…

More than 50 people remain missing, with a police investigation under way to determine the cause of the fire.

At least 14 people are dead following a massive fire that erupted at a shopping plaza in Karachi over the weekend, Pakistani officials said Monday, while dozens remain missing,…

Pakistani firefighters on Monday sifted through the smoldering wreckage of a vast shopping mall in Karachi, searching for more than 60 people still...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities warned on Monday the death toll from a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Karachi could exceed 50, as recovery operations continued a day after…

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Karachi’s business community on Tuesday estimated losses of about $18 million after a devastating fire tore through a major shopping plaza in the city, with…

Karachi’s deadliest fire in years raises urgent questions about building safety, rescue capacity and urban governance.

KARACHI: Pakistani authorities on Wednesday said 28 bodies had been recovered from a shopping plaza devastated by a massive fire in Karachi last weekend, with dozens of people…

ISLAMABAD: Municipal and rescue teams stepped up debris removal operations at a fire-hit shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi on Wednesday, as officials said the…

Sharp rise in fatalities at Karachi's Gul Plaza Shopping Centre came after 30 bodies were found in a locked store.

ISLAMABAD: A fire that tore through a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi has killed at least 55 people, officials said on Thursday, as the Sindh government…

KARACHI: When flames tore through Karachi’s Gul Plaza last weekend, 29-year-old firefighter Furqan Shaukat moved deeper into the burning building as its structure weakened,…

KARACHI: The death toll from a mall fire in Pakistan’s biggest city rose to at least 67 people, an unnamed spokesperson from the local government said on Friday.“Post-mortem…

ISLAMABAD: Authorities in Karachi are focused on ongoing rescue operations and the identification of victims and handover of remains to families, the city’s mayor said on Friday,…

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: A deadly fire at a major shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi has caused estimated losses of up to Rs15 billion ($53.6 million), a traders…

The process to identify the bodies recovered from the wreckage of Gul Plaza in Karachi continues.

ISLAMABAD: A deadly fire at a major shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi has killed at least 71 people and caused estimated losses of up to Rs15 billion ($53.6…

A new death toll elevates to 71 the number killed during last week's plaza fire in Karachi, Pakistan, which lacked fire suppression and exits.

ISLAMABAD: Rescuers searching the ruins of Karachi’s fire-hit Gul Plaza recovered three digital video recorders (DVRs) that may help investigators ascertain the cause of the…