{"id":8180,"date":"2026-01-30T19:53:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=8180"},"modified":"2026-01-30T19:53:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T19:53:52","slug":"ji-karachi-chief-munim-zafar-terms-gul-plaza-tragedy-a-result-of-government-negligence-urges-citizens-to-join-let-karachi-live-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/?p=8180","title":{"rendered":"JI Karachi Chief Munim Zafar Terms Gul Plaza Tragedy a Result of Government Negligence; Urges Citizens to Join \u201cLet Karachi Live\u201d March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi (HRNW) \u2014 <strong>Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi, Munim Zafar<\/strong>, attended the <strong>funeral prayers of four members of the same family<\/strong> who lost their lives in the tragic <strong>Gul Plaza fire incident<\/strong>. He offered condolences to the bereaved family and expressed profound grief over the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the media, Munim Zafar said that the <strong>Gul Plaza tragedy is a glaring example of government incompetence and criminal negligence<\/strong>, where citizens watched helplessly as their loved ones perished in flames \u2014 and even now, <strong>many families await the remains of their relatives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Munim Zafar visited various areas of <strong>Orangi Town<\/strong> and addressed <strong>public gatherings<\/strong> as part of preparations for the <strong>\u201cLet Karachi Live March\u201d (Jeenay Do Karachi March)<\/strong> scheduled for <strong>February 1 on Shahrah-e-Faisal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that during the <strong>18-year rule of the Pakistan Peoples Party<\/strong>, <strong>Karachi has turned into ruins<\/strong> \u2014 with <strong>broken roads, water and power shortages, children dying after falling into open manholes<\/strong>, and <strong>fatal accidents caused by reckless dump trucks<\/strong> depriving citizens of their <strong>basic right to live safely<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Munim Zafar further said that <strong>the people of Orangi Town are deprived of fundamental human rights<\/strong>, while the <strong>mayor\u2019s actions remain limited to statements only<\/strong>. He emphasized that the <strong>February 1 march is not for any single political party<\/strong>, but <strong>for every citizen<\/strong> demanding their <strong>rights, safety, and dignity<\/strong>. He appealed to the people of Karachi to <strong>actively participate in the historic march<\/strong> to reclaim their city\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>This growing civic movement underscores the urgent need for <strong>accountability, urban reform, and protection of citizens\u2019 rights<\/strong> in Pakistan\u2019s largest metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>Human Rights News Worldwide (HRNW) stands with all efforts to <strong>uphold justice, ensure urban safety, and defend the human right to life, dignity, and clean living conditions<\/strong> for every citizen.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Support HRNW\u2019s mission for human rights, public safety, and independent journalism:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hrnww.com\/support-us\"><strong>hrnww.com\/support-us<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi (HRNW) \u2014 Ameer Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi, Munim Zafar, attended the funeral prayers of four members of the same family who lost their lives in the tragic Gul Plaza fire incident. He offered condolences to the bereaved family and expressed profound grief over the loss. Speaking to the media, Munim Zafar said that the Gul Plaza&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-karachi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8181,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8180\/revisions\/8181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hrnww.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}