Gul Plaza Fire: Judicial Commission completes probe
- 07-Apr-2026
KARACHI: The Judicial Commission inquiring into Gul Plaza shopping mall fire has completed its inquiry and will submit its report to the Sindh government. Head of the inquiry commission Justice Agha Faisal will submit report of the fire probe to the government today. The devastating fire that broke out and engulfed Gul Plaza on the […]
Gul Plaza Fire: DC-South submits reply to judicial probe questions
- 18-Mar-2026
KARACHI: Deputy Commissioner-South in his reply submitted to the Judicial Commission, which is inquiring into the Gul Plaza fire tragedy, said that the shopping mall at M.A. Jinnah Road comes into the administrative jurisdiction of KMC. “The internal roads on both sides of Gul Plaza have been in the jurisdiction of the TMC Saddar,” DC […]
Gul Plaza fire: Police surgeon submits reply to judicial probe
- 17-Mar-2026
KARACHI: Police Surgeon Dr. Summaiya Syed submitted her written reply of a questionnaire to the judicial commission inquiring into the Gul Plaza shopping mall fire tragedy in January that claimed several lives. Dr Summaiya Syed said that the fire and suffocation by the smoke was the cause of deaths in the incident. “After the incident […]
Gul Plaza fire: SBCA submits written reply to judicial probe
- 16-Mar-2026
KARACHI: The Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA) submitted its written reply to the judicial commission inquiring into the deadly fire in the shopping mall in January that claimed several lives. “The KDA had issued the initial building plan in August 1979,” SBCA said. “The building plan’s review and regularization was held in years 1998 and […]
Gul Plaza Fire: Arif Hassan testifies before judicial commission
- 10-Mar-2026
KARACHI: Renowned architect Arif Hassan on Tuesday testified before the judicial commission inquiring into the deadly fire in Gul Plaza shopping mall. “Illegal constructions were regularized in 2003-05, if the fire safety was given attention in regularization,” Judicial Commission’s head Justice Agha Faisal questioned. “Everything happens in regularization,” Arif Hassan replied. “It is up to […]
Gul Plaza Fire: Municipal Commissioner KMC records statement to probe
- 05-Mar-2026
KARACHI: KMC Municipal Commissioner recorded statement to Gul Plaza fire inquiry commission, replying to the questionnaire of the judicial probe inquiring into the deadly fire in the shopping mall. City Municipal Commissioner said that the KMC’s responsibility has been restricted to the main road. “Removal of encroachments has been the responsibility of the Town Municipal […]
‘You’re disturbing’: Commission tells Farooq Sattar while declining MQM-P plea in Gul Plaza tragedy
- 23-Feb-2026
KARACHI: The Judicial commission probing the Gul Plaza fire tragedy on Monday declined to hear Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) plea to become part to the inquiry, ARY News reported. On the night of Saturday, January 17, a massive fire broke out at Gul Plaza on M.A. Jinnah Road, engulfing the commercial building and trapping dozens […]
MQM seeks to be party in Gul Plaza judicial commission probe
- 21-Feb-2026
KARACHI: The MQM has filed an application to become a party in Gul Plaza judicial commission probe as Tariq Mansoor advocate submitted advocacy papers on behalf of Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. The lawyer in petition said that his client wants to bring key facts on the record of the commission, “which are not being brought in […]
280 CCTV cameras were installed in Gul Plaza, Tanveer Pasta tells commission
- 19-Feb-2026
KARACHI: Gul Plaza association president, Tanveer Pasta, on Thursday told the judicial commission that 280 CCTV cameras were installed in the ill-fated plaza. On the night of Saturday, January 17, a massive fire broke out at Gul Plaza on M.A. Jinnah Road, engulfing the commercial building and trapping dozens inside. The blaze raged for over […]
Gul Plaza fire: Judicial commission issues notices to multiple authorities
- 13-Feb-2026
A judicial commission investigating the Gul Plaza fire tragedy has issued notices to several departments, ARY News reported. On the night of Saturday, January 17, a massive fire broke out at Gul Plaza on M.A. Jinnah Road, engulfing the commercial building and trapping dozens inside. The blaze raged for over 32 hours before being brought […]