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Death toll in Pakistan mall fire rises to 67 local government says

Family members protest for the missing victims after a massive fire broke out at a shopping mall in Karachi on January 22, 2026. [AFP]

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.

Investigators are yet to announce what caused the fire, six days after the blaze gutted the three-storey Gul Plaza on January 17.

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