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Five years after Ali Enterprises fire, not much has changed in Pakistan's garment industry

While after the Rana Plaza building collapse near Dhaka in April 2013, all focus has been on Bangladesh and laudable initiatives like the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety and the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, another anniversary passed by almost unnoticed: the deadly fire at Ali Enterprises close to Karachi on 11th...

Fashion

Pakistan’s factory fire: Foul-play or lack of labour safety?

Pakistan’s interior minister Rehman Malik has said a possibility of sabotage cannot be ruled out in the garment factory fire in Karachi which killed at least 259 people. It may be recalled that last week fires had ravaged at two clothing factories in Pakistan leaving numerous dead -- many trapped behind locked doors and barred windows -- raising...