LAHORE – Pearl Continental (PC) has hit with fire that erupted at theluxurious hotel in Punjab capital city on Saturday evening.
Reports in local media suggested that the fire broke out at a banquet hallof the hotel, located on Mall Road.
As many as five fire brigades and rescue teams have been dispatched to thesite.
Pictures emerging on social media show thick smoke billowing from the hotel.
Pearl-Continental Hotels & Resorts (also abbreviated to PC Hotels) is thelargest chain of five-star hotels in Pakistan with properties in Lahore,Karachi, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Gwadar, Bhurban, and Muzaffarabad.Pearl-Continental Hotels is a subsidiary of Hashoo Group who also operateMarriott Hotels in Islamabad and Karachi through a franchise system.