Overview
- The Sindh government launched the package at a Friday ceremony at the CM House, where officials handed out 129 cheques as part of Rs511.7 million paid to 200 verified victims.
- Officials said Rs5.657 billion from the plan is already available, with further payments to follow after the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry verifies each claim.
- For bereaved families, 64 of 72 promised grants of Rs10 million have been paid, while four cases await verification and four hinge on legal heir documents.
- Earlier in Ramadan, 849 shopkeepers received Rs500,000 each to restart work, with final compensation tied to verified inventory losses across roughly 1,209 shops.
- The province formed a committee to act on a judicial commission’s findings, pledged to rebuild Gul Plaza within two years, and is using a Chinese-drafted plan to upgrade firefighting and emergency response.