• The metropolis currently has only 1,000 trained firefighters compared to required number of at least 15,000

Aamir Latif

Karachi, Sindh

Piles of burned carpets, bags, crockery and other goods lay around smoke-blackened building of Gul Plaza on M.A Jinnah road, a busy commercial artery in historical business district of Pakistan’s commercial capital Karachi.

Rescue workers backed by excavators and locators continued digging through charred debris on the sixth day on Thursday in search for dozens of people who have gone missing after a massive fire ripped through the three-story building last week.

Hundreds of desperate shopkeepers and family members of the missing people stood meters away the charred building awaiting for a miracle, although rescuers see “very slim” chances of any survivors inside the badly burned structure.

The fire – deadliest in more than a decade – broke out on late Saturday night at the three-story building that houses about 1,200 shops, not only killed at least 60 people, but also raised questions about urban governance, particularly fire safety and rescue capacity.

Rescuers have so far pulled out bodies or remains of at least 60 people, fearing a rise in death toll as dozens are still missing.

“It was a doomsday scene as hundreds of people jostled to exit the building, while yelling and screaming,” Mohammad Faisal, one of the survivors told Anadolu.

Dozens of them, however, could not manage to exit and were trapped on the upper floors as giant plumes of fire and thick smoke engulfed the building within minutes.

Javed Nabi Khoso, deputy commissioner of Karachi’s southern district, told Anadolu that the search operation will continue till the recovery of last survivor or body.

Poor safety standards, rescue capacity

Karachi is no new to fires and other urban disasters, mainly because of lax regulations and non-implementation of safety standards.

Last year, some 1,700 fire incidents, mostly at small-scale, were recorded across Karachi- home to 20 million people, according to official statistics.

The latest fire, the deadliest after 2012 factory fire in Karachi that killed 289 people, has raised questions about governance, poor urban planning, and lack of fire safety measures, pushing the ruling Pakistan People’s Party ( PPP) on the back foot.

The center-left PPP – also a coalition partner in the central government – has been ruling the southern Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital, for the last 18 years.

Shopkeepers accused the authorities of not launching a timely rescue and firefighting operation, which could have saved several lives and contained the fire.

The provincial government and Karachi’s mayor Murtaza Wahab, however, denied the charge but they acknowledged the lack of safety standards in the metropolis.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has given a three-day ultimatum to the government and private offices and high-rise buildings to implement the fire safety standards.

Analysts, however, see the task “unachievable” saying the issue demands a “serious” policy review.

“The city has become ungovernable due to decades of bad governance, unplanned urbanization, absence of a proper firefighting system and non-implementation of safety standards by builders,” said Mazhar Abbas, a Karachi-based political analyst.

According to Kazim Ali, Karachi’s former chief fire safety officer, the metropolis currently has only 1,000 trained firefighters compared to required number of at least 15,000.

Read: Karachi’s clock towers await to tick again

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Aamir Latif is a Karachi-based senior journalist. He represents Anadolu, a Turkish news agency.

Courtesy: Anadolu Agency (Posted on 22. 01.2026)

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By Abdullah Usman Morai | Sweden

Karachi has once again witnessed a heartbreaking tragedy. The recent fire at Gul Plaza, one of the city’s oldest and busiest commercial centers, exposed the fragility of our public safety systems and the price we pay for neglecting them. The blaze engulfed large sections of the multi-story shopping complex, trapping shopkeepers, workers, and visitors inside. Thick smoke filled the corridors, panic spread, and precious lives were lost before rescue teams could bring the situation under control.

This was not just a fire; it was a reminder.

A reminder that in Pakistan, especially in crowded urban centers like Karachi, safety is still treated as an afterthought rather than a necessity. Buildings are erected to maximize space and profit, but rarely to ensure survival during emergencies.

The Contrast with Developed Countries

In developed nations, such disasters are far less deadly, not because fires don’t happen, but because they are prepared for them. Shopping centers and commercial buildings are required to have:

• Fully functional emergency exits on every floor.
• Fire extinguishers installed at short distances from one another.
• Smoke detectors and automatic fire alarms.
• Sprinkler systems that activate instantly.
• Clearly visible and illuminated exit signs to guide people.
• Dedicated escape routes and fire-safe stairwells.
• Hydrants installed inside and outside buildings.
• And most importantly, trained safety personnel on site.

Regular fire drills are conducted to ensure that systems work and that people know how to evacuate calmly. These measures save lives, and they turn disasters into manageable incidents rather than mass tragedies.

What Lessons Should We Learn?

The Gul Plaza fire raises painful but necessary questions:

• Do we only learn after lives are lost?
• Why are safety codes ignored until tragedy strikes?
• What comes next: another inquiry, another forgotten report, another disaster?

We cannot keep mourning while repeating the same mistakes.

The lesson is clear: public safety must become mandatory, enforceable, and visible.

Global Examples Where Safety Saved Lives

There have been major fires worldwide, but due to strong building design and emergency systems, human loss remained minimal:

• The MGM Grand Hotel Fire, Las Vegas (1980): A massive fire killed 85 people, but after that, strict fire safety regulations were enforced across the United States. Today, modern hotels and malls are equipped with advanced suppression systems, reducing casualties dramatically in similar incidents.
• The Address Downtown Hotel Fire, Dubai (2015): One of the tallest buildings caught fire on New Year’s Eve. Despite the scale, no fatalities occurred because the building had automatic alarms, sprinklers, evacuation plans, and trained emergency staff.
• Grenfell Tower, London (2017): Though tragic, it led to major reforms. New buildings now require fire-resistant materials, multiple exits, and strict safety compliance.

These cases show that the difference between life and death is preparation, not luck.

How Should We Design Our Buildings?

To prevent another Gul Plaza-like catastrophe, we must rethink how commercial buildings are constructed:

1. Multiple Wide Emergency Exits: Each floor should have at least two accessible exit routes.
2. Fire-Resistant Materials: Walls, ceilings, and wiring must be flame-retardant.
3. Smoke Detection and Alarm Systems: Early alerts save time and lives.
4. Automatic Sprinkler Systems: These can control fires before they spread.
5. Water Hydrants: Installed both inside and outside buildings to cool flames quickly.
6. Emergency Staircases: Protected from smoke and flames for safe evacuation.
7. Illuminated Exit Signage: So even in darkness and smoke, people can escape.
8. Trained Emergency Staff: Security guards must be trained in evacuation and firefighting.
9. Mandatory Fire Drills: Conducted regularly, especially in shopping centers and public buildings.
10. Clear Layout and Escape Maps: Posted on each floor.

Other Protective Measures Needed

• Portable and wall-mounted fire extinguishers.
• Fire blankets and emergency lighting.
• Centralized alarm panels are monitored continuously.
• Fire-safe elevators or lift shutdown systems.
• Public announcement systems for instructions.
• External fire brigade access points.
• Emergency assembly points outside buildings.

A Time for Reform, Not Just Regret

If this tragedy becomes just another headline, we will fail those who lost their lives. Real progress requires:

• Strict enforcement of building codes.
• Government inspections and certifications.
• Accountability for negligence.
• And public awareness about emergency preparedness.

Because the question is not whether another fire will occur.

The question is whether we will be ready.

A Message of Sympathy

My deepest sympathy goes to all those who lost their lives in the Gul Plaza fire. I extend my heartfelt condolences to the families who now carry an unbearable loss. May they find strength and patience in this painful time.

Let this tragedy not be forgotten.

Let it become the moment we finally choose safety over neglect.

Read: Lives of Construction Workers at Risk

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Abdullah Soomro, penname Abdullah Usman Morai, hailing from Moro town of Sindh, province of Pakistan, is based in Stockholm Sweden. Currently he is working as Groundwater Engineer in Stockholm Sweden. He did BE (Agriculture) from Sindh Agriculture University Tando Jam and MSc water systems technology from KTH Stockholm Sweden as well as MSc Management from Stockholm University. Beside this he also did masters in journalism and economics from Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur Mirs, Sindh. He is author of a travelogue book named ‘Musafatoon’. His second book is in process. He writes articles from time to time. A frequent traveler, he also does podcast on YouTube with channel name: VASJE Podcast.

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Without transparency and accountability, the next fire is already waiting.

By Mohammad Ehsan Leghari

The inferno that engulfed Gul Plaza on M.A. Jinnah Road in Karachi on January 18, 2026, killing at least six people and injuring many more, should not be remembered as just another urban tragedy. It must be understood as evidence which is graphic and lethal, of a systemic collapse in how Pakistan builds, regulates, and inhabits its cities. Fires of this magnitude do not emerge from chance. They are manufactured by neglect, normalized by weak governance, and sustained by a collective tolerance for risk.

What burned at Gul Plaza was not only a commercial complex but the credibility of Pakistan’s urban safety regime.

A Disaster Written Into the Building

The Gul Plaza fire began late at night, most likely due to an electrical short circuit; an almost ritual cause in Pakistan’s commercial fires. Within minutes, the blaze escalated into a third-degree fire, fed by highly combustible materials: garments, plastics, cosmetics, and chemicals stored across nearly 1,200 shops. The structure behaved exactly as fire engineers would predict: smoke and heat rose rapidly through stairwells and service shafts, creating a lethal chimney effect.

The most damning fact is this: most victims did not die from burns but from asphyxiation. Smoke had nowhere to escape. Only two of the building’s seven emergency exits were accessible; the rest were locked or blocked by merchandise, a widespread but illegal practice in urban markets. During firefighting operations, sections of the building began to weaken under thermal stress, forcing rescuers to operate from the outside and severely limiting rescue options (1–5).

One firefighter lost his life; an outcome that highlights chronic shortages of breathing apparatus and protective gear for first responders.

Karachi: The Epicenter of Predictable Tragedy

Karachi’s fire disasters follow a grim and repetitive script. The 2023 blaze at RJ Shopping Mall killed eleven people, again largely due to smoke inhalation. Investigations revealed a sealed, centrally air-conditioned building with no smoke extraction system and no valid completion certificate—yet fully operational (6, 7, 19).

Weeks later, the Arshi Shopping Mall fire exposed the lethal risks of mixed-use buildings. A foam and mattress shop on the ground floor ignited, sending flames rapidly upward into residential apartments. Five people died as fire raced through façades and internal ducts not designed to contain it (8, 9).

Earlier incidents, including the prolonged basement fire at the Chase Up Departmental Store, demonstrated how poor ventilation and inaccessible basements can render firefighting almost impossible, threatening entire residential towers above.

These are not anomalies. They are symptoms.

Lahore and Islamabad: Different Forms, Same Failure

Lahore’s vulnerability stems from congestion and electrical decay. The 2020 inferno at Hafeez Center wiped out billions of rupees in assets. The inquiry found that internal fire hydrants were dry and non-functional, and the fire originated from a short circuit in a building packed with electronics and lithium batteries (10).

Islamabad, often portrayed as a planned and safer city, offers only an illusion of security. The 2022 fire at Centaurus Mall revealed years of missed inspections due to confusion between civic authorities over jurisdiction. While evacuation succeeded, investigators found that enforcement gaps, not design excellence, defined the outcome (17, 18).

Regulators That Facilitate Risk

At the core of the crisis lies regulatory failure. In Karachi, the Sindh Building Control Authority has repeatedly been accused of enabling illegal construction and later “regularizing” violations for a fee. Investigations have documented thousands of illegal buildings facilitated over recent years (13). As of April 2025, hundreds of structures were officially declared “dangerous,” yet most remain occupied due to litigation, political pressure, or inertia (14–16).

In Islamabad, the Capital Development Authority and municipal bodies have struggled to act as the legally defined “authority having jurisdiction,” creating enforcement vacuums that allow safety systems to decay unchecked (17,18).

Utility companies further compound the danger by providing electricity to buildings without verifying completion or fire safety certification, effectively energizing hazards (6, 19).

Laws That Exist Only on Paper

Pakistan possesses a comprehensive Building Code of Pakistan (Fire Safety Provisions 2016), developed by the Pakistan Engineering Council and aligned with international standards. It mandates fire exits, sprinklers, smoke control, and material specifications. Yet implementation remains negligible. Existing buildings were given deadlines to comply—deadlines that expired years ago without consequence (20, 21).

Recent regulatory shifts, such as Punjab’s Unified Building Rules 2025 and Islamabad’s renewed crackdowns, signal reactive awareness rather than systemic reform. Enforcement remains sporadic and politically vulnerable.

Engineering the Disaster

The technical causes of urban fires are well known. Substandard electrical cabling floods the market, despite recent crackdowns by the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (23). Daily reliance on diesel generators accelerates wiring degradation. Flammable aluminum composite cladding allows fires to leap vertically. Sealed glass façades trap smoke, turning buildings into gas chambers.

None of this is accidental. It is the result of cost-cutting, weak oversight, and professional malpractice.

Health Systems and Firefighters at the Edge

The aftermath is equally alarming. Karachi’s main burn center has fewer than 70 beds, instantly overwhelmed in a mass-casualty event (24). Islamabad serves an entire region with limited surge capacity. Firefighters routinely operate without adequate breathing apparatus or protective gear—a failure that directly cost a life at Gul Plaza.

Culture, Economics, and the Illusion of Normalcy

A fatalistic culture treats safety as optional and inspections as negotiable. Insurance penetration for commercial property remains around one percent, leaving small traders economically annihilated after fires (25, 26). Traders’ associations often resist enforcement through political pressure, forcing authorities into compromise and delay.

In this environment, fires become extinction events for livelihoods, and recurring headlines for cities.

A Crisis of Choice, Not Fate

Gul Plaza was not destiny. It was design, policy, and governance failure converging at midnight.

Pakistan must depoliticize building enforcement, mandate insurance for high-risk structures, replace compromised inspections with independent third-party certification, modernize fire and medical response capacity, and make public the list of dangerous buildings. Without transparency and accountability, the next fire is already waiting.

Cities do not burn by chance. They burn when societies decide silently that they can afford to let them.

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3. Karachi: 40pc Gul Plaza fire brought under control, The Nation.
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9. SBCA clears four floors of fire-ravaged Arshi Mall, The News International.
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11. Fire rips through Gulberg mall, The Express Tribune.
12. Probe fails to find cause of mall fire, The Express Tribune.
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15. SBCA launches campaign to demolish dangerous buildings, Dawn.
16. Sindh High Court judgment on dangerous buildings, SHC.
17. MCI facing difficulties in enforcement of Building Codes, The Nation.
18. CDA intensifies crackdown on building bylaw violations, CDA.
19. Interim charge sheet filed in RJ Shopping Mall fire case, Dawn.
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21. Building Code of Pakistan – Fire Safety Provisions 2016, HEC.
22. Islamabad Fire Prevention and Life Safety Regulations, CDA.
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25. Global Insurance Market Report 2025, IAIS.
26. Massive fire at Karachi electronics market causes millions in losses, Arab News.

Read: Governance Crisis: Air Quality Worsens

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Mohammad Ehsan Leghari is a water expert, former Member (Sindh), Indus River System Authority (IRSA), and former Managing Director, SIDA.

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By Rajesh C. Oza

Carefree

For my 65th birthday, my son, Siddhartha, planned a reading, writing, and relaxing trip to a wellness retreat in Arizona’s desert. It was a celebration of my retirement from consulting and entrance into a deeper commitment to writing. My son-in-law, Maneesh, also joined us to experience Spring Training baseball games before the release of my debut novel.

Unlike the raucous ballpark, the retreat in Carefree – yes, that’s the actual name of the town – was a place of silence and fire. Being a Gandhian minimalist—a generous way of saying I’m frugal to a fault—at check-in I complained, “I’m not a luxury retreat kind of guy.” Maneesh waved toward Siddhartha and said, “That’s okay, the two of us are staying here.” Siddhartha laughed while pointing at me. “Don’t worry, you’re staying at the Motel 6.”

It was good to be known. Give me light to read by, a good book, and a pen for marginalia, and I’m happy almost anywhere.

Maneesh knew I grew up loving the Chicago Cubs and, though he’s a Los Angeles Dodgers fan, he understood that even though it was only Spring Training, I’d be rooting for my Cubs over his Dodgers. All three of us cheered for the San Francisco Giants over the Cincinnati Reds; but really, we just enjoyed walking around the ballpark, in community with the other fans.

Besides the ballgames, the retreat afforded the three of us time for a hike among the saguaro which have stood silent in the desert, some for hundreds of years with their arms held to the sky (a saguaro takes over a century to grow its succulent stems).

I also attended an “Intention Burning Ceremony.” The meditation guide said, “Breathe in and out and write down what you want to release and embrace. One by one, approach the water bowl and lighter in the center of the circle. If you like, share your intention before burning the paper into the bowl.”

Held by love

One day, Maneesh, Siddhartha, and I went to the pool with our books. Before diving into the pages, we jumped into the pool. I took a gulp of the water, came up for air, and said, “Ew. This water tastes salty.” Siddhartha groaned. “Papa! Places like this don’t use chlorine. The salt makes the water buoyant. Like the ocean. Better for your skin.” Without further chatter, he asked me to stretch my body and relax on his hands turned up just slightly under the water’s surface.

It was good to be held by love. My son enabled me to float in the desert.

Aflame

The book I read on this retreat into semi-retirement was Pico Iyer’s Aflame. Quite fitting since it is about fire, silence, and finding clarity by being “cleansed of all chatter.” More than three decades ago, after what was then the worst fire in California’s history, a fire that destroyed Iyer’s childhood Santa Barbara home, he retreated into the monastic silence of the New Camaldoli Hermitage near Big Sur.

Given the inferno that engulfed Altadena and the Palisades earlier this year, it was eerie reading these words from Pico to his mother: “It’s gone, all gone. Everything we owned is ash.” At the time, Iyer was a columnist for Time. He closed a back-page essay for the magazine with Basho’s poem that sets the contemplative tone for this hopeful, cup-half-full book:

My house burned down

I can now see better

The rising moon.

There are books of the moment; there are books that are timeless; and then there is Aflame, a meditation published days after the 2025 fire in Southern California. Iyer opens his book in the 1990s as he listens in on two Camaldoli monks: one of them has the voice of an over-eager novelist; the other sounds like, well, a monk attuned to silence.

“That fire last October,” says one, young and slim, his eyes burning under his shaven head, ”it came within three miles of us. At one point our road got blocked and there was no way out. It was radiant.”

His older monastic brother says nothing.

“For three days and nights,” Cyprian goes on, “the sky was black. Like sooty fog all the time. I went down to the last bench and the whole ocean was bloodred. Plumes of smoke were rising from the hills; I heard trees exploding. It was incandescent.”

Reading prose as poetry

Upon reading this exchange, I thought Aflame might be a modern version of Norman Maclean’s prose masterpiece Young Men and Fire. But as I progressed into Iyer’s “Silence,” “World,” “Heart,” “Boiler Room,” and “Mystery” (all chapter titles beginning with “Into the …,” as in “Into the Silence”), I learned to read Aflame not as prose but as poetry.

Imagine coming to a fork in the literary road and reading Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” as a short story rather than a poem. It can be done because as writer and teacher Stephen Koch has suggested, both have a character, a narrative, a setting, a conflict. But a poem’s expressive language and rhythm are different from that of prose.

Similarly, reading Aflame as empathetic prose akin to Maclean’s work (or even as a spiritual memoir like Augustine’s Confessions is possible, but it might be a shallow read. Reading Iyer’s prose like one might Henry David Thoreau’s Walden changes the tide. (Try reading this line from Walden as poetry: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately … and not, when I came to die, discover I had not lived.”)

About a third of the way through Aflame, I began to read it as a poetic spiritual quest in the deeper end of the pool. Here’s an example of adding line breaks where Iyer had none:

I make out a woman,

Through the gathering fog,

Kneeling on the tarmac

As she walks

Along the monastery

Past the chapel.

One evening later,

Father Robert is washing

The feet of his brothers,

A reminder that

He’s as much their servant

As they are his.

Reading prose as poetry changed my relationship with this book. I read it slowly, floating along the surface of its words and the depth of its feeling. It is a book about the fire of family (Iyer’s mother—Nandini— and wife—Hiroko) and the quietude of friends at the hermitage who become family (Hiroko tells her husband, “For thirty years I thought you were an only child. Now I see you have all these brothers.”).

I feel held by Pico Iyer and his Aflame.

Dr. Raj Oza’s novel, Double Play on the Red Line, sits at several intersections: wrongful convictions and riding Chicago’s “L,”, the national pastime and the Negro Leagues, caste and class, emigration and immigration, and friendship and family. It will be published in 2025 by Chicago’s Third World Press.

Read: Book Review: ‘Broken Mirror’

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Dr. Oza is a management consultant and facilitates the interpersonal dynamics of MBAs at Stanford University.

Courtesy: India Currents (Posted on March 30, 2025)

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Ashfaque Ali Sangi | Karachi Sindh

Iron doesn’t become a sword until it’s burned and beaten in fire. Your life is like iron and it’s getting burned and beaten into a sharp sword called your life, are you ready to be beaten and beaten, because the sharpest swords go through the hottest fire. Are you ready? because what you’re going through in life right now is beating you down from the money problems to the relationships, to the quarantine, to the lack of food, whatever it is, that you’re dealing with in life right now it’s taking you out and it’s your responsibility to sharpen your sword to take the disaster and crisis that you’re going through in your life right now and to make you better.

Every single one of you who is struggling right now, need to understand this. What you’re going through right now is necessary. You got an opportunity right now to take that horrible situation that you’re going through and make it the best thing that ever happened or you can give up; you can give up where you are and surrender and act like nothing changed in your life but there’s no progression in that so you got to ask yourself ‘where is my life never changing? How come it’s always the same situation over and over again?’ Well stop giving up and stop letting the bad situations that happen in your life and do something about it.

Take this opportunity to recognize that the chaos in your life is actually forging you and improving you because you’re choosing to press on when everybody else is falling off. Do you get angry? Are you sad? Do you have depression? you need to use it for your fuel, you need to use it to keep going, you need to say this was me and I need to get better; this was who I am and it’s not anymore because I want more and I’m getting sharper and I’m growing stronger. This is how you look at hardships. This is how you look at frustration, you look at it as a tool that’s teaching you lessons that are going to become valuable to you; may be tomorrow but for sure in the near future. And others are not going to have them because they’re not willing to push on. You’ve to find the opportunities in your struggle; you have to find the light, and you have to find a way to make it better.

When you’re in the worst situation, you’ve ever been in. Okay, so if you’re struggling right now and you’re having a hard time and you’re pissed off and you’re frustrated, know two thing – 1. You’re not alone.  2. This is necessary for you to get where you want to go, and if you quit, if you falter, if you stop all the pain will be for nothing. You need to remember that, you got people that are counting on you, you got people that are depending on your success and you’re sitting around acting like you’re the victim; you need to get out of that victim mode and you need to start going for what you know; you need to do.

Your lack of discipline is an insult to all the people who believe in you. This isn’t about impressing others; this is about bettering yourself. Some people want it, some people wish for it and others make happen. This is what champions do, this is what people, who win perpetually, do; they don’t care what’s happening in the world, they don’t let it distract them. Do those things make it harder for them to do it? Yes but what does it mean? It means that we focus, it means we get more discipline, it means we prioritize and it means we keep moving forward because when everybody else is falling off, when everybody else is looking around at the chaos and the crazy and the social temperature and the pandemic and the economy and all these other things, we could put in a million things while they’re all stopping their progress.

Who are you? You got a heartbeat than you can do it because your determination is going to make it a reality. Stop whining and start grinding, because you got opportunities in front of you, you’re just not seeing the bigger picture, how many risks are you able to take? How uncomfortable can you go until you need to get where you need to be? because the biggest enemy you got right now is in between your ears; what you’re looking for is not out there; it’s within, it’s your time to become better, it’s your time to live your best life and it’s your opportunity. Are you going to take it? It’s time to put in the hard work. You didn’t know that you can do; it’s time for you to make a change and do something you’ve never done because you got have the attitude that when you get knocked down, you’re getting right back up even though you’re bloody, beaten and bruised; you’re getting break up because you’ve got a goal and you’ve got a dream that you’re trying to accomplish.

This is what winners do, what you’re going through; yes I can empathize, I have a very hard time some days. Some days I don’t want to do, some days I don’t do but most of the days I do so understand what you’re going through the pain you are feeling, it has a return, if you’re willing to recognize it. No matter how much it hurts right now, someday you will look back and realize your struggles changed your life for the better. No matter how hard the past was, you can always start over; if you can’t change your situation then you need to start changing your mindset because when you stop saying, “I can’t find the way” and start saying, “I got to find the way to make this happen” is when your life starts to change. So it’s up to you. Are you going to start rusting yourself from the inside, from the Iron? Are you going to turn yourself into a sword, strong and sharp beaten through the fire? It’s up to you.

This is your life. You know who you are, so surround yourself with the people that feel the same. It’s never too late to surround yourself with the people that you want to become. The happiest and most successful people in this world took the hardest moment in their life and flipped them into the best thing that ever happened to them. What you’re going through right now is necessary, because what’s happening right now is, you are forging the skills, you are forging the determination, you are forging the grit, you are forging the fortitude, you are forging all the things that nobody else is gaining, because they’re sitting on their hands and you’re willing to push through. This fire you’re feeling, this pressure you’re feeling, this frustration your feeling, ‘This is what, is going to make you into the weapon’ that you are going to become. It will build the life that you are out to build.

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Hyderabad: The fire erupted at the neurosurgery ward of Civil Hospital Hyderabad on Tuesday however no loss of life was reported, as the patients and the staff members were safely evacuated and fire was doused timely.

Cause of fire has not yet been ascertained and the administration of Civil Hospital has started investigation.

The staff of the hospital police personnel on duty and others joined the fire brigade to extinguish the fire.

Watch Video: Fire at Civil Hospital Hyderabad

Soon after receiving the information of fire, Deputy Commissioner Fuad Ghaffar Soomro also rushed the Mukhtiarkar Abu Bakar Sadhayo to the hospital who along with his staff members helped the administration in shifting the patients, medics and paramedics to safer place.

Mukhtiarkar collected the information and assured the Medical Superintendent of hospital of every possible assistance by district administration. (PR)

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