Rescue workers search amid the debris using excavators after a massive fire at a shopping mall in Karachi on January 19, 2026. (Photo by Asif Hassan / AFP)
Karachi: A fire that ripped through a shopping mall in Pakistan's biggest city at the weekend has killed at least 21 people, rescuers in Karachi told AFP on Monday.
"In total 21 bodies have been recovered" after the blaze erupted on Saturday night, said Hassan Khan, spokesman of the Rescue 1122 Sindh emergency service, adding that "the search operation will continue."
