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
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