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Reject­s a boiler blast or genera­tor blaze as the cause of the fire.

The meeting briefed prime minister about the Baldia inferno that killed more than 250 workers.

Relatives can give samples at JPMC, Civil hospital and Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

The owners have been moved to an undisclosed location.

Investigators have not made any major breakthroughs yet.

Announces Rs0.4mn for families of dead, Rs0.1mn for injured. Assures provision of 2 snorkels, 15 fire tenders.

If convention of resigning was to become binding today, most provinces would have to function without ministers.

Singh writes letter to PM Ashraf, conveys condolences of behalf of India and its people.

Police submit application to State Bank of Pakistan, allege there are Rs500 million in the account.

The company insured the Bhoja aircraft that crashed this year.

Investigators comb through video footage, say fire broke out from an electrical spark.

PML-N chief uses visit to comment on LG system, calls for national consultation.

They are accused of negligence, carelessness and malafide intentions۔

An Edhi representative, said that they usually did not keep bodies at the morgue for more than 3 days.

Why nobody in the industry is willing to speak against Ali Enterprises.

Sindh labour secretary fails to give number of registered companies in the province.

Qazi Hussain Ahmed demands Sindh CM should resign from post, action against SITE.

I have no reason to be optimistic till workers are made stakeholders in industry, labour policies, factory affairs.

Though responsibility lies with factory management, it was victim of goods pilferage by workers, extortion threats.

Owner quiet over extortion rumours, says an 'important person' told them to leave the factory.

Only exit from the building was through a door with an electronic lock which failed when fire disrupted power supply.

PML-N chief visits the factory, announces compensation money.

Owner quiet over extortion rumours, says an 'important person' told them to leave the factory.

Minister for Commerce and Industry Rauf Siddiqui says decision taken on the directives of his party.

Swaddled in bandages, Mohammad Asif now lies at the Civil hospital Burns Centre.

Rescue work stopped, focus falls on labour department and civil defence.

Entire families worked at the garment factory.

Local governments must wake up to the fact that they are equally culpable.

Report said factory was not registered under Factories Act 1934, nor had the owners submitted a letter of occupation.

ILO for technical assistance on rapid training of labour inspectors in Sindh to promote fire safety at workplace.

Around 115 bodies have been handed back to families for burial.

Pakistan has no law on emergency exits.

The 2008 Berger Paints fire was more intense but none of the workers were killed because of an emergency exit system.

Says the capacity to fight fires even in the country’s biggest city is questionable at best.

Labour organisation calls for national action to protect workers from workplace hazards.

PML-N, Jamaat-e-Islami and PTI announce three days of mourning.

Corrupt government officers and factory owners blamed for disaster.

Fireman Feroze Khan had not seen anything like it in his 29-year career.

No checks have been held in Sindh since Musharraf’’s time.

Unlike most developed countries, Pakistan has little or no concept of fire safety.

Nationalists parties acknowledge disaster, but vow to push on with strike.

Investigation to look into the cause of fire, civil defence system available, extent of negligence on the owner's...

As fire put off, rescue work continues, city commissioner revises official death toll to 258 from 289.

Firefighters have managed to control fire in most parts of the building. More dead bodies expected to be pulled out.