The Sindh High Court (SHC) responding to a petition on Wednesday took notice of the destructive inferno in a garment factory in Baldia Town and issued notices to the officials concerned.
Justice Mushir Alam, the chief justice of SHC, issued notices to the secretary for industries, municipal commissioner, deputy attorney general, the inspector general of Sindh police and the director general of Pakistan Rangers.
The chief justice responded to a petition filed in the SHC to draw attention of the court towards the deadly fire that has so far claimed 289 lives. The petitioner said the blaze had put to question the state institutions’ performance and the measures taken by them to ensure workers safety at the work places. The petitioner expressed concern over the fact that there were no emergency exits in the affected garment factory.
