Death toll from shopping mall fire in Pakistan's Karachi rises to 60

The death toll from a shopping mall fire in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi climbed to 60 after at least 30 bodies were recovered from a shop of the multi-story building, officials said on Wednesday.

The bodies were recovered from the mezzanine floor of the shopping mall, said senior police official Syed Asad Raza, adding that several people are still missing and a search operation is continuing to recover them.

He said that the rescue efforts are being carried out using sophisticated machines, and debris is being removed from the collapsed sections of the building.

The official said that the rescue workers are facing difficulties reaching some parts of the building due to smoke and heat inside the damaged structure, adding that one part of the building is cleared and the other two parts are being combed to rescue people under the rubble.

Karachi Commissioner Syed Hassan Naqvi said that an investigation into the incident has been launched as authorities look into the fire from multiple angles.

Death toll from shopping mall fire in Pakistan's Karachi rises to 60

Death toll from shopping mall fire in Pakistan's Karachi rises to 60

The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Tuesday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.36 percent to 98.823 at 3 p.m. (1900 GMT).

In late New York trading, the euro was up to 1.1644 dollars from 1.1578 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound advanced to 1.346 dollars from 1.3388 dollars in the previous session. The U.S. dollar bought 157.63 Japanese yen, lower than 158.33 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar decreased to 0.777 Swiss francs from 0.7799 Swiss francs, and it was down to 1.357 Canadian dollars from 1.3591 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar slipped to 9.1371 Swedish kronor from 9.21 Swedish kronor.

U.S. dollar ticks down