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Supreme Court dismisses Sindh govt plea against Baldia factory fire acquittals

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  • SC rejects Sindh govt's review petition against acquittal of two MQM workers.
  • The case relates to the 2012 Baldia Town factory fire which killed over 260 people.
  • The court upheld its June 10 decision to acquit Abdul Rehman alias Bhola and Zubair alias Chariya.

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The case stems from the September 11, 2012, fire at the Ali Enterprises garment factory in Karachi's Baldia Town, which killed over 260 workers. Two MQM workers, Abdul Rehman alias Bhola and Zubair alias Chariya, were convicted and sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in 2020. After the Sindh High Court upheld the sentence in 2023, the convicts appealed to the Supreme Court, which acquitted them on June 10 this year, citing the benefit of the doubt. The Sindh government subsequently filed a review petition against the acquittal, which has now been dismissed.

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The Supreme Court has rejected the Sindh government's review petition against the acquittal of two MQM workers, Abdul Rehman alias Bhola and Zubair alias Chariya, in the 2012 Baldia Town factory fire case.

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