The death toll from a shopping centre fire in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, has risen to at least 55. Relatives of those still missing have criticized the slow rescue operation at the three-storey...
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Firefighters in Karachi began searching on Monday for more than 60 missing people after a massive fire destroyed a shopping centre in Pakistan’s most populous city, while the death toll from the disa...