--- title: "Gul Plaza fire inquiry officer requests extension for probe completion" description: "Most outlets reported that the inquiry officer has requested additional time to complete the investigation into the Gul Plaza fire. One outlet specified the deadline given by the court as August 9 and noted that responses had been received from six government agencies, including Traffic Police, Fire Brigade, Civil Defence, KMC, DC South, and Rescue 1122." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/1879-court-sets-august-9-deadline-for-gul-plaza-fire-probe site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Gul Plaza fire inquiry officer requests extension for probe completion pakistan · latest filing 5 Aug 2026, 12:29 PM PKT · 4–5 Aug 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets over 2 developments ## How it developed Newest development first. Each carries its own coverage and, where we have one, our summary of it. ### 5 Aug 2026 — Court sets August 9 deadline for Gul Plaza fire probe (1 outlet) - **Daily Times** — [Court sets August 9 deadline for Gul Plaza fire probe](https://dailytimes.com.pk/1533822/court-sets-august-9-deadline-for-gul-plaza-fire-probe/) · 5 Aug 2026, 12:29 PM PKT > A judicial magistrate has directed the inquiry officer to complete the investigation into the Gul Plaza fire case by August 9 and submit a detailed report at the next hearing. The court issued the order after the investigation officer requested additional time, explaining that responses from all relevant departments had not yet been received. During […] ### 4 Aug 2026 — Gul Plaza fire inquiry officer requests extension for probe completion (2 outlets) > Most outlets reported that the inquiry officer has requested additional time to complete the investigation into the Gul Plaza fire. One outlet specified the deadline given by the court as August 9 and noted that responses had been received from six government agencies, including Traffic Police, Fire Brigade, Civil Defence, KMC, DC South, and Rescue 1122. - **Dunya News** — [Gul Plaza fire inquiry officer ordered to complete probe by Aug 9](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/966310-gul-plaza-fire-inquiry-officer-ordered-to-complete-probe-by-aug-9) · 5 Aug 2026, 3:10 AM PKT > The officer told the court that responses have been received from six government agencies - Traffic Police, Fire Brigade, Civil Defence, KMC, DC South and Rescue 1122 - **ARY News (English)** — [Gul Plaza fire: IO seeks more time for completion of probe](https://arynews.tv/gul-plaza-fire-io-seeks-more-time-for-completion-of-probe) · 4 Aug 2026, 1:58 PM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Judicial inquiry identifies failures in Gul Plaza fire response](https://harzaviya.com/stories/5381-gul-plaza-fire-judicial-commission-finds-collective) · 31 Aug 2026 · 7 outlets · 2 developments · 76% related - [Police submit charge sheet in Gul Plaza fire case, blame management for negligence](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6686-police-charge-sheet-says-building-management-at-fault) · 5 Sep 2026 · 10 outlets · 75% related 3 articles from 3 outlets, 4–5 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.