Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah has announced a compensation of Rs10 million each for the families of those who died in the Karachi Gul Plaza inferno and pledged that destroyed building will be rebuilt. Addressing a press conference in Karachi along with other officials on Monday, CM Murad said that the Gul Plaza fire was “major incident”, and indicated that the entire building might need to be demolished due to the extent of the damage. Firefighters and rescue teams are attempting to enter the building from three separate points, but the fire has not yet been fully extinguished, he added.
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