Tag: Factory

250 lost lives: The cost of Western designer clothes

In a world where death and mayhem have become the order of the day, some tragedies still leave us breathless. The fire in the...

MQM minister resigns as factory owners walk free after bail

Training guns at rival Awami National Party (ANP) that holds the portfolio of Sindh Labor Ministry, Sindh’s Minister for Commerce and Industries Rauf Siddiqui...

Karachi fire: SHC bails accused

Three factory-owners facing murder charges over the deaths of 289 people in a huge fire in Karachi handed themselves in to court on Friday...

Factory fire highlights risks for workers

The death of 289 workers in a devastating factory fire has highlighted Pakistan's dismal approach to industrial safety and raised fears for the clothing...

Karachi Inferno: Factory cleared after 41 hours

The factory which was gutted in a massive blaze claiming 289 lives was cleared on Thursday morning. Chief fire officer Ehtishamud Din said the operation...

Labour organizations observe mourning day across Balochistan

All Pakistan Labour Federation (APLF) and Labour Confederation of Pakistan (LCP) observed mourning day Thursday over the loss of more than 300 workers of...

Murder case filed against Karachi factory owners

Police in Karachi have registered a murder case against the owners of a garment factory where a fire killed at least 289 people in...

Electric short circuit guts another shoe factory in Lahore

Yet another fire incident took place in a shoe factory due to electric short circuit on early Thursday causing millions of rupees losses but...

SHC issues notices to officials on factory blaze

The Sindh High Court (SHC) responding to a petition on Wednesday took notice of the destructive inferno in a garment factory in Baldia Town...

Horrors at ‘death trap’…….. Karachi factory

Tragedy struck on the night shift. With no emergency exits and hundreds of workers crammed into a dilapidated factory, the building became an inferno...

Factory had four doors, only one was open!

Investigations into the fire incident in a garments factory in Baldia Town in which 289 workers, including several women, were burnt to death revealed...

289 dead. Who’s responsible?

Barred windows, shoddy building standards and the flouting of basic safety regulations are being blamed for the worst fire tragedy in the country’s history...

Factory fires kill 310: officials

More than 310 people have perished in fires that gutted factories in Karachi and Lahore, in tragedies that prompted calls for an overhaul of...

HRCP slams deaths in factory fires

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed grief and grave concern at the death of at least 250 people in devastating fires...

10 killed, 14 injured in Karachi factory fire

At least 10 people were killed and 14 others injured when a fire broke out at a factory on Hub River Road in Karachi,...

Fire in factory claims 24 lives in Lahore

At least 24 laborers were killed and several others wounded when fire swept through a shoe factory in Lahore on Tuesday, medics say. According...

30 dead in Indian fireworks factory blaze

A blaze at a fireworks factory in southern India on Wednesday killed at least 30 people after triggering a mass explosion of firecrackers in...