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Pakistani court rules deadly 2012 blaze was arson, sentences 2 to death

The fire at Ali Enterprise,a readymade garment manufacturing in the southern city of Karachi, sent shockwaves through the nation.

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The Anti-Terrorism Court found that the men set the factory ablaze because the owners did not give in to their extortion demands and pay them money

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Pakistan's deadliest industrial fire, which killed more than 260 garment factory workers in 2012, was a case of arson and not an accident, a court ruled on Tuesday as it sentenced two former political party activists to death for starting it.
 
The Anti-Terrorism Court found that the men set the factory ablaze because the owners did not give in to their extortion demands and pay them money.
 
The fire at Ali Enterprise, a readymade garment manufacturing in the southern city of Karachi, sent shockwaves through the nation.
 
Of the eight other people accused in the case, four
Topics : Pakistan