Karachi, Jan. 23 -- Nearly a week after the catastrophic fire at Gul Plaza shopping centre, anger and despair among families of the missing erupted into open protest, exposing what relatives describe as a troubling lack of urgency by authorities, as reported by The Express Tribune.

Women clutching photographs of sons, husbands and brothers assembled near the charred site, accusing officials and rescue teams of moving painfully slowly while their loved ones remained unaccounted for, it said.

The death toll from the January 17 fire at the shopping centre in the Pakistani city of Karachi has risen to at least 67, and rescue teams have been working to locate dozens of people still missing after the blaze quickly spread through the shopping ...