First Marriott And NOW Ghakkar Too

Sept, 20 witnessed the destruction of Marriott Hotel in Islamabad through a bomb blast and in 3 months time we are witnessing  horrible destruction of Ghakkar Plaza . Ghakkar Plaza was a limelight of twin cities and its destruction has caused a huge loss yo our already drowning economy.

Fire in Ghakkar erupted on early morning of Dec,20 and within hours it captured whole building ,due to shops of garments,Cd’s and huge presence of generators it added fuel to the flame.

On Saturday at 2:30 pm one portion of Ghakkar fell down the other portion has also become volatile and can fell anytime. Ghakkar mainly has offices of lawyers and business men other than shops. Over 400 shops have been destroyed .

7 people have been found dead in this horrible incident whereas 65 people have caught injuries . Moreover, over  30 firefighters and 25 vehicles caught under the debris. Although fire fighters have controlled the fire but there is a danger of more casualties.

This is another devastating loss to our country ,Ghakkar plaza was giving billions of revenue and according to one source there has been loss of 22 billion rupees.

According to guard at Ghakkar plaza  ,fire broke out at 2:35 in the morning and two fire brigades of rescue 1122 reached on the spot just within half an hour of fire eruption. But they lack the necessary equipment to control the fire at its initials stages.

Meanwhile, Imran Khan and other MNAS visited the site and expressed strong grief about this disaster . Owner of the Plaza said”since Ghakkar was not insured we have to face burden ourselves” Raja Shahid zafar also told “There was going to a memorial party at the floor of this plaza on DEC,27 of Late Benazir which is no more possible now”

Destruction of two main economic hubs of twin cities within 3 months has cost great damage to the already stricken economy and country in large.