KARACHI: The anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday, after recording statements of the five witnesses of the Baldia factory fire incident, sought more eye-witnesses to record their statements on Jan 23. Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) senior leader Rauf Siddiqui, MQM workers Rehman alias Bhoola, Zubair, and others had appeared before the ATC. Witnesses told the court that a fire had “suddenly” erupted at the factory and they jumped out of the window to save their lives. On Jan 16, the court had recorded the statements of 13 witnesses, including five survivors of the inferno, in the Baldia factory fire case and summoned more witnesses. The blaze at the Ali Enterprises factory, or Baldia Factory Fire, had killed 258 people in one of Pakistan’s worst industrial disasters.

Source: Pakistan Today January 19, 2019 14:03 UTC