Overview
- The commissioner’s final report says the blaze began at 10:15pm in a ground-floor flower shop, allegedly triggered by a child, and spread through AC ducts, with most fatalities on the mezzanine floor.
- After a 10-day search-and-rescue, authorities sealed the unsafe complex as SBCA, Lahore Forensic Laboratory and Pakistan Engineering Council teams begin structural and forensic inspections.
- Officials previously processed 73 human remains with 23 identified via DNA, while the commissioner’s report cites 79 deaths, indicating a higher toll now under review.
- Police registered an FIR alleging negligence and formed a five-member special team to pursue arrests and probe evidence, including DVR footage and witness statements.
- The Sindh cabinet approved Rs10 million for each bereaved family, Rs500,000 immediate aid and interest-free loans up to Rs10 million for shopkeepers, plus temporary trading space and reconstruction plans, while gas service around the site remains suspended for thousands of homes.