作者：邓石 来源：原创 发布日期：08-23
A | Islamabad, Oct 9 (UNI) A fire broke out in the food court of a popular shopping mall in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Sunday, media reports said.
The fire has been brought under control and the cooling process has been initiated after videos on social media platforms showed smoke emitting out of the building, according to Geo news.
In a statement, Islamabad Police said that people were rescued and safely evacuated from the backdoor of the mall — which was engulfed in smoke after the fire.
The search operation is still underway, and no person or shop has been harmed, the police said, adding that the fire inside the mall has been doused out and a helicopter has also been called in.
"However, the fire has not been completely extinguished on the outside of the mall," the police said, requesting the citizens to avoid travelling near the mall to ensure that rescue teams could do their work uninterrupted.
To oversee the situation, Inspector-General Islamabad Dr Akbar Nasir Khan, senior police officials, and district administration representatives reached the mall, located in F-8.
Chairman Capital Development Authority (CDA) capt (retd) Mohammed Usman Younas is also at the site and overseeing rescue and firefighting operations.
All resources are being utilised to control the fire as early as possible, the CDA added.
The Islamabad Police later said that the building, under the orders of the deputy commissioner, would be sealed once the rescue operation was completed.
It added that the mall's building would remain sealed until a probe into the matter has been carried out. Until then, entry into the building would remain prohibited to the public.
In a separate statement, the police said that due to the fire, diversions have been placed for traffic from F-8 Exchange Chowk to Khyaban Chowk at Jinnah Avenue.
In his tweet, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that he was saddened by the incident and directed all authorities to ensure that the situation was brought under control at the earliest.
Taking notice of the incident, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah asked authorities to use everything at their disposal to ensure that the situation is under control.
PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz prayed for the situation to get better.
UNI GNK。 Sonu Sood, Wamiqa Gabbi and others have urged people not to lash out at the ground staff amid the major crisis caused by IndiGo. The airline cancelled most of their flights due to a shortage of manpower, leading to thousands of passengers being left stranded at various airports of major cities such as Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata. Several flights have been delayed as well. Photos and videos that have gone viral on social media show passengers losing their calm and expressing the anger on the airport staff of IndiGo.
Taking to social media, Sonu Sood shared a video and said in Hindi, "My own family was travelling, and they had to wait for 4–5 hours. Then their flight finally took off and they reached, but many flights didn’t take off, they were cancelled. A lot of people couldn’t attend weddings, meetings and events were cancelled. Everyone faced a lot of inconvenience."
"A delayed flight is frustrating, but remember the faces trying to fix it. Please be nice and humble to the IndiGo staff; they are carrying the weight of cancellations too. Let’s support them." @IndiGo6E pic.twitter.com/rd3ciyekcS
— sonu sood (@SonuSood) December 6, 2025
He continued, "But the sad part was how people were shouting at the ground staff at the airports. I know there’s frustration, disappointment, and anger. But just imagine yourself in their place. Even they don’t know what the upcoming schedule will be, whether the flights will take off or not. They simply pass on the messages they receive to you."
Bhool Chuk Maaf Wamiqa Gabbi shared journalist Faye DSouza's post that read, "One thing is for sure, Indigo's ground staff deserves more grace and kindness from us. What is happening is not their fault and they have been left to face angry customers without any information or protection."
Comedian-actor Vir Das took to Instagram to write, "The decent thing to do? The entire senior management of Indigo should be made to take shifts at the airport and stand there. From CEOs to VPs and such. The decision makers. Instead of the terrified junior employees with no power, cabin crew, and ground staff, who have been left to deal with the yelling and screaming."
Nearly 1000 flights have been cancelled since Tuesday due to shortage of manpower and new crew regulations.
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