11-year-old boy, 4 others accused in Karachi's Gul Plaza blaze granted interim bail

KARACHI: An additional district and sessions judge on Monday granted interim bail to five of the six accused in the deadly Gul Plaza blaze, including the building union president and an 11-year-old boy. The deadly inferno, which erupted on the night of January 17 at the mall and took nearly two days to be fully extinguished, had claimed at least 73 lives and left over 1,100 shops in ruins. In the charge sheet, six persons had been named as accused persons: 11-year-old Huzaifa; his father, Nai...

By [email protected] (Sumair Abdullah)