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| Karachi fire: Two to hang for garment factory inferno | Karachi fire: Two to hang for garment factory inferno |
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| A court in Karachi has sentenced two men to death for arson after finding them guilty of starting Pakistan's deadliest industrial fire, which killed some 260 people in 2012. | A court in Karachi has sentenced two men to death for arson after finding them guilty of starting Pakistan's deadliest industrial fire, which killed some 260 people in 2012. |
| The men were found to have set a garment factory ablaze because its owners had not paid extortion money. | The men were found to have set a garment factory ablaze because its owners had not paid extortion money. |
| They were affiliated with the MQM party, which was in power in the city at the time, the court said. | They were affiliated with the MQM party, which was in power in the city at the time, the court said. |
| Hundreds were trapped inside the building which had no fire exits. | Hundreds were trapped inside the building which had no fire exits. |
| No date has been set for the hanging of Abdul Rehman and Zubair Charya, the MQM workers who were convicted. | |
| Some 40 firefighting vehicles tackled the blaze in the country's commercial capital in September 2012. | |
| More than 24 hours after the inferno began rescuers were still battling to reach the dead and injured inside. | |
| Many workers jumped from the upper floors. Others could not because of metal grilles on the windows. | Many workers jumped from the upper floors. Others could not because of metal grilles on the windows. |
| People trapped inside the building frantically rang their friends and relatives as flames engulfed it. | People trapped inside the building frantically rang their friends and relatives as flames engulfed it. |
| The Ali Enterprises factory in the Baldia town area of Karachi was mobbed by shouting and sobbing relatives as rescuers pulled out body after body. | The Ali Enterprises factory in the Baldia town area of Karachi was mobbed by shouting and sobbing relatives as rescuers pulled out body after body. |