Deputy Police Commissioner Javed Nabi told reporters that the remains were transferred to a hospital for DNA matching. Due to difficulties in identifying the victims, he said it is difficult to provide an accurate update on the death toll. The death toll from the fire that broke out on Saturday in a shopping mall in Karachi, southern Pakistan, has risen to 55, a government official said. Civil defense authorities say dozens of people are still unaccounted for. The biggest fire in the coastal city in over a decade broke out late on Saturday and quickly spread through the Gul Plaza shopping center, which houses 1,200 stores owned by families selling wedding clothes, children's toys, ceramic ware, and other goods.
