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The Gul Plaza Inferno

How Decades of Local Government Failure Transformed Karachi’s Largest Shopping Complex Into a Death Trap

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Jan 20, 2026
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On the evening of January 17, 2026, a devastating fire erupted at Gul Plaza, a sprawling commercial shopping center on Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road in Karachi, Pakistan. The inferno claimed 28 lives, left between 65 and 81 people missing, and destroyed merchandise valued at approximately Rs 3 billion (USD $18 million). The fire raged for nearly 36 hours bef…

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