Overview
- A sessions court granted bail on Monday to six people charged over the Gul Plaza blaze, including association president Tanveer Pasta and an 11-year-old boy named Huzaifa.
- The judge ordered Rs500,000 surety bonds for each adult accused and a Rs10,000 surety for the minor while noting the case will return for further hearings.
- The court criticized the investigation, saying the police challan had been rejected twice and then resubmitted without addressing the same objections, and also noted police had not arrested the accused.
- Defense lawyers told the court that civil agencies such as Civil Defense, KDA and SBCA were not questioned and argued that operational steps like K‑Electric cutting power were not examined in the challan.
- The hearings will now revisit the charge sheet, investigative gaps and the proper forum for the minor’s trial, and the outcome could affect accountability for safety and emergency failures that left 72 people dead.