Pak PM voices deep grief over Plasco incident

EghtesadOnline: Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, has expressed deep grief over the significant loss of precious lives in a fire and building collapse in Tehran, Iran, Radio Pakistan reported.

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20 January 2017

According to a statement, the Prime Minister expressed condolences on behalf of the people and government of Pakistan to their Iranian brethren and government.
Plasco Trade Center, one of the biggest in the Iranian capital, collapsed on Thursday, January 19, following a big fire, IRNA reported.
The business building was built in the early 1960s and it was the tallest building in the city at the time of its construction.
President Hassan Rouhani, expressing sympathy over the death and injury of dozens of people, has ordered to explore the causes behind the incident.