Judicial Commission Finds Systemic Failures in Karachi Gul Plaza Fire Response

Gul Plaza fire commission blames no single entity or person directly

KARACHI: Deploring the failure to transform available resources into effective and coordinated firefighting and rescue efforts, the Gul Plaza Judicial Commission in its report says that the deadly inferno has signified a systemic failure across successive provincial and local governments as the legal and administrative mechanisms have existed, but could not be implemented effectively. The report of the commission, headed by Justice Agha Faisal of the Sindh High Court, was handed over to the p...

By [email protected] (Ishaq Tanoli)