264 death sentences for those involved in the "factory disaster"

A Pakistani court has sentenced two men to death due to an arson attack at a garment factory in Karachi, southern Pakistan, in 2012, killing more than 260 people.

The two defendants had set fire to the "Ali Enterprises" factory on September 11, 2012, after its owners refused to pay bribes, according to the court.

The two men will be executed by hanging until death, according to the ruling of the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and home to more than 20 million people.

"France Press" quoted Attorney General Sajid Mahmoud Sheikh as saying that "the court has sentenced them to 264 death sentences for killing so many people," considering that these sentences are "very appropriate."

Both men belonged to the MQM, a party that had dominated Karachi for decades.

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