Petitioner also asked the SHC to direct respondents to compensate families of all the victims who sustained injuries during fire related incidents in city.
Karachi
December 10, 2020
A three-tier task force, with sub-committees at divisional, district and sub-district levels, has been constituted for the inspection of high-rise buildings, factories and industries to ensure that all fire safety measures are being followed in the establishments.
Hearing a petition concerning the implementation of the safety by-laws under the Building Code of Pakistan, a division bench of the SHC, headed by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, asked the provincial law officer what mechanism had been formulated to inspect different buildings and industries/factories to ensure that the establishments are following and observing all fire safety measures.
The court was informed that a task force had convened its meeting and that it had constituted sub-committees at divisional, districts and sub-divisional levels and had formulated mechanism at their levels to ensure the fire safety laws. The law officer said the divisional task force shall ascertain the complaints