Gul Plaza commission summons Sindh govt officials

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Fire department and municipal workers stand near the site, following a massive fire that broke out in the Gul Plaza Shopping Mall in Karachi on January 20, — Reuters
Fire department and municipal workers stand near the site, following a massive fire that broke out in the Gul Plaza Shopping Mall in Karachi on January 20, — Reuters

KARACHI: A judicial commission, tasked with probing the Gul Plaza inferno, on Friday issued notices to various officials of the Karachi Metropolitan Corpora­tion (KMC), Sindh Building Control Authority (SBCA), Karachi Water & Sewerage Corporation (KWSC), police and others for Feb 18.

The single-member commission headed by Justice Agha Faisal of the Sindh High Court put the senior director land of KMC, chief fire officer, deputy commissioner (South), president Gul Plaza Shopping Mall Association, senior superintendent of police (city) and the medico-legal officer of Civil Hospital on notice.

It also issued notices to deputy inspector general of police (traffic), chief executive officer KWSC, director general SBCA, director general rescue 1122 and chief executive officer of K-Electric for next hearing.

The commission directed them to appear in person before it on Feb 18 for the recording of statements, examination on oath, production of records and consideration of evidence pertaining to the inquiry.

Around 80 people had lost their lives in the deadly inferno which erupted on the night of Jan 17, took nearly two days to be fully extinguished, and has left the ground-plus-three-storey building in ruins, with some of its sections collapsed.

Published in Dawn, February 14th, 2026

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