The sum will come on top of the USD 1 million KiK paid out in late 2012 in the wake of the devastating fire at the Ali Enterprises factory in Karachi that killed at least 255 people, the company said.
"KiK has voluntarily taken on responsibility for those affected, because this aid was a real concern for us," chief executive Patrick Zahn said in a statement published on the firm's website on Friday.
In its own statement, the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) labelled the agreement a "landmark compensation arrangement".
"It is a day of respite for the victims' families as their cries have been heard," said Saeeda Khatoon, vice president of the Ali Enterprise Factory Fire Affectees Association, in the CCC statement.
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"We know that our nearest and dearest will never come back, but we hope that this kind of tragedy will never ever happen again".
After the Karachi fire, the European Parliament told big brands to re-examine their supply chains in Pakistan and demanded the creation of a new effective and independent system to monitor factories.
A judicial review into the blaze found that a lack of emergency exits, poor safety training, closely-packed machinery and the failure of government inspectors to spot the faults all contributed to the heavy death toll.
In January, the government in Islamabad acknowledged that the country lacked specific legislation to protect workers.
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