300 LABOURERS BURNT ALIVE IN
GARMENT FACTORY IN KARACHI
ON 2012 SEPTEMBER 2012
Pakistan has one of the largest labour and manpower resources in the world, due to its large population.
 
Baldia Town
Lahore
Location of incidents shown in the map of Pakistan.
| |
| Date | 11 September 2012 |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Cause | Various ignition sources: (still under investigation) |
| Casualties | |
| Karachi Fire: 289 people killed[1][2] by smoke inhalation, burns and stampede | |
| Lahore Fire: 25 people killed[2] by smoke inhalation, burns and stampede | |
About 20.1% of labour force is involved in industry. The conditions under which Pakistan's blue-collar labour works have often been raised by trade unions and workers' rights organisations.
There is also a controversial, yet wide use of child labour in Pakistan.[8] Garment factories in the Pakistani cities of Karachi and Lahore caught fire on 11 September 2012.
The fires occurred in a textile factory in the western part of Karachi and in a shoemaking factory in Lahore.
The fires are considered to be the most deadly and worst industrial factory fires in Pakistan's history,[3]
killing 289 people and seriously injuring more than 600.[4][5][6]
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