Factory fires in Pakistan's two biggest cities have killed 191 people in a disaster blamed on barred windows, shoddy building standards and the flouting of basic safety regulations.
In the coastal megalopolis of Karachi 166 people were killed after becoming trapped in an underwear factory which caught fire on Tuesday evening. Many others were injured after trying to escape by jumping out of high windows of the five-floor building, including a pregnant woman.
That fire came just hours after a similar tragedy in an illegally built shoe factory in the central city of Lahore, which killed 21.
Pakistani Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf in a statement expressed his shock and grief over the deaths in both cities.
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