Elderly woman killed in gas leak blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal.

KARACHI -- An elderly woman was killed in an explosion caused by gas leakage in a house in Karachi's Gulshan-e-Iqbal neighbourhood on Saturday morning. Police relayed the incident happened in Gulshane-Iqbal's Block Five. The woman aged between 60-65 years burned to death when a fire engulfed the ground floor of the house after a loud bang due to gas leakage, they said, adding the blast occurred at around 9:30. Upon being informed of the incident, police and Rangers personnel as well as fire-fighters reached the scene...

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