<span style="color: #222222;">In Pakistan, more than 12 people were killed and several others injured by a gas blast in the port city of Karachi today.  Police said, the explosion went off in a bank building in the Sher Shah area and social media and TV footage showed the two-floor structure's windows and doors blown out, with documents scattered across a wide area. An adjacent filling station was also damaged due to the explosion.<br />'' <br />'' Most of the casualties are reportedly customers and staff present inside the bank which was built on top of a covered sewage channel. Provincial police told Media that a bomb disposal squad is investigating, but apparently, the leakage of gas seems to be the cause.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Karachi, which is responsible for 60 percent of Pakistan's economic output, has long endured creaky infrastructure, illegal construction, and failing municipal services.</span>