Industrial and gas-related accidents are not new to Karachi. At the heart of this tragedy lies a deeper governance crisis. Karachi is Pakistan’s economic engine, a city that fuels national revenue and sustains millions of livelihoods. Karachi’s citizens live daily with infrastructural fragility: exposed wiring, crumbling buildings, leaking pipelines, and overcrowded industrial zones. If this tragedy does not prompt comprehensive reform, then it will join a long list of preventable disasters that briefly shocked the conscience before being absorbed into the city’s weary normalcy.

Source: The Patriot February 20, 2026 20:39 UTC