--- title: "Police submit charge sheet in Gul Plaza fire case, blame management for negligence" description: "Most outlets reported that police submitted a charge sheet in the Gul Plaza fire case and held the building or mall management primarily responsible for the incident. Several emphasized the lack of negligence by government agencies like the KMC and fire brigade, while others noted the number of witnesses listed or named specific individuals, such as the administration president. The framing was largely consistent across the coverage, with variations in the level of detail provided about the legal process and the accused parties." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/6686-police-charge-sheet-says-building-management-at-fault site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Police submit charge sheet in Gul Plaza fire case, blame management for negligence pakistan · latest filing 5 Sep 2026, 10:12 PM PKT · 5 Sep 2026 · 10 articles from 10 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 10 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that police submitted a charge sheet in the Gul Plaza fire case and held the building or mall management primarily responsible for the incident. Several emphasized the lack of negligence by government agencies like the KMC and fire brigade, while others noted the number of witnesses listed or named specific individuals, such as the administration president. The framing was largely consistent across the coverage, with variations in the level of detail provided about the legal process and the accused parties. ## Same story from 10 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Pakistan Today** — [Gul Plaza administration named main responsible party in fire case](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/05/gul-plaza-administration-named-main-responsible-party-in-fire-case) · 5 Sep 2026, 10:12 PM PKT - **Minute Mirror** — [Gul Plaza administration held responsible for Karachi fire](https://minutemirror.com.pk/gul-plaza-administration-held-responsible-for-karachi-fire-625259/) · 5 Sep 2026, 9:53 PM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > Police on Saturday submitted a charge sheet in the Gul Plaza fire case, naming the shopping centre's administration as responsible for the blaze and its president, Tanveer Pasta, as the main accused. - **Aaj News (English)** — [Police name Gul Plaza association responsible for deadly fire](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330471017/police-name-gul-plaza-association-responsible-for-deadly-fire) · 5 Sep 2026, 7:24 PM PKT · 78% identical wording to the newest filing > Police have submitted the charge sheet in the Gul Plaza fire case to a local court, holding the Gul Plaza Association primarily responsible for the deadly blaze while finding no negligence on the part of government agencies. According to the charge sheet submitted to the Karachi City Court, no negligence was found against the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), fire brigade or Civil Defence... - **ARY News (English)** — [Gul Plaza fire: Police submit challan in court](https://arynews.tv/gul-plaza-fire-police-submit-challan-court) · 5 Sep 2026, 2:39 PM PKT · 75% identical wording to the newest filing > Police on Saturday submitted challan of Gul Plaza in the City Court holding the association of the shopping mall as the key culprit in the deadly fire incident. - **The Nation** — [Police charge sheet blames Gul Plaza management for deadly fire](https://www.nation.com.pk/05-Sep-2026/police-charge-sheet-blames-gul-plaza-management-deadly-fire) · 5 Sep 2026, 2:37 PM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing > Police have submitted a charge sheet in the Gul Plaza fire case, holding the shopping centre's management primarily responsible for the January blaze that claimed more than 70 lives. - **Hum News English** — [Gul Plaza fire case: Police challan names building association as chief culprit](https://humenglish.com/latest/gul-plaza-fire-case-police-challan-names-building-association-as-chief-culprit/) · 5 Sep 2026, 2:36 PM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing > KARACHI: Police on Saturday submitted their challan in the Gul Plaza fire case before the court, naming the Gul Plaza Association as the chief party responsible for the incident that killed more than 70 people in January, while clearing the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), the fire brigade and civil defence of any negligence. According to the challan, no negligence was found on the part ... - **Dunya News** — [Gul Plaza management held primarily responsible for deadly fire](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/971463-gul-plaza-management-held-primarily-responsible-for-deadly-fire) · 5 Sep 2026, 2:11 PM PKT · 77% identical wording to the newest filing > The police have listed 87 witnesses in the case and highlighted shortcomings in the fire safety arrangements at the shopping centre - **Dawn** — [Police charge sheet says building management at fault for Gul Plaza infernor](https://www.dawn.com/news/2027682/police-charge-sheet-says-building-management-at-fault-for-gul-plaza-infernor) · 5 Sep 2026, 1:59 PM PKT · 74% identical wording to the newest filing > KARACHI: Police on Saturday submitted a charge sheet before the South judicial magistrate on the Gul Plaza fire, blaming the building management’s “negligence”. The deadly inferno, which erupted on the night of January 17 at the mall and took nearly two days to be fully extinguished, had claimed at least 73 lives and left over 1,100 shops in ruins. A previous charge sheet submitted in July had ... - **Geo News** — [Gul Plaza inferno: Police charge sheet holds mall's association primarily responsible](https://www.geo.tv/latest/680757-gul-plaza-inferno-police-charge-sheet-holds-malls-association-primarily-responsible) · 5 Sep 2026, 1:33 PM PKT · 76% identical wording to the newest filing > Fire department workers walk past the site, following a massive fire that broke out in the Gul Plaza shopping centre in Karachi on January 20, 2026. — ReutersNo negligence found on part of KMC and fire brigade.Police include 87 witnesses in Gul Plaza inferno case.Challan notes alleged... - **Pakistan Observer** — [Police submit Gul Plaza fire case Challan, hold market association responsible](https://pakobserver.net/police-submit-gul-plaza-fire-case-challan-hold-market-association-responsible/) · 5 Sep 2026, 12:38 PM PKT · 71% identical wording to the newest filing > KARACHI – The police have submitted the challan in the Gul Plaza fire case to the relevant court, holding the… ## 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 · 86% related - [Gul Plaza fire inquiry officer requests extension for probe completion](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1879-court-sets-august-9-deadline-for-gul-plaza-fire-probe) · 5 Aug 2026 · 3 outlets · 2 developments · 75% related 10 articles from 10 outlets, 5 Sep 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. 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