The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday finally allowed the burial of 18 unidentified bodies of the Baldia factory fire victims, but ordered the national forensic science laboratory’s project director to complete DNA matching process within 20 days.
Nearly 259 workers were burnt in the country’s worst industrial disaster, when a huge fire reduced the Ali Enterprises to ashes on September 11, 2012. Many bodies were charred beyond recognition.
As the repeated DNA tests failed to determine the identities of all the victims, the bereaved families went to court seeking permission for mass burial.
“Six months have passed, but the officials have failed to establish the identities of our loved ones despite the fact that DNA samples have been obtained at least thrice,” they told the judges on Wednesday.
The relatives of 21 workers, who are believed to have been killed in the fire, had approached the SHC last week seeking permission for burial....
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