BEIJING, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- China expressed deep condolences to victims of a shopping mall fire in Pakistan's Karachi and sympathies to the bereaved families and the injured, according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Thursday.

Guo wished the injured a speedy recovery at a news briefing.

The death toll from the fire in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi had climbed to 60 after at least 30 bodies were recovered from a shop of the multi-storey building, local officials said on Wednesday. ■