KARACHI - A district court sentenced two Chinese nationals to one-year imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs50,000 each over their involvement in automated teller machine (ATM) skimming here on Monday. According to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the suspects were involved in manipulating ATM machines to take out money.
FIA informed the court that the two suspects were caught red-handed while installing a skimming device at an ATM on Karachi’s Abdullah Haroon Road. It was reported that the arrested foreigners were seen suspiciously doing the rounds of an ATM booth on Karachi’s Abdullah Haroon Road for the past three days.
Citizens took hold of the suspects and handed them over to police. They were moved to Artillery Maidan police station for investigation. Meanwhile, CCTV footage of an ATM booth also showed the suspects installing a skimming device.
SHC rejects bail plea of Baldia
factory fire suspect
The Sindh High Court on Monday rejected the bail request of Zubair alias Charya who is in custody for allegedly setting fire to Baldia Town’s Ali Enterprises factory in September 2012.
During the hearing, Zubair’s lawyer argued before the court that the prosecution had not been able to present any evidence against his client.
He recalled that 250 people were killed in the 2012 blaze, adding, “It has yet to be proven that my client set fire to the factory.” The lawyer asked the court to grant bail to Zubair.
A lawyer representing the Pakistan Rangers said that an anti-terrorism court had rejected Zubair’s bail.
The prosecution added that another suspect, Mohammad Rizwan Qureshi, had told the joint investigation team (JIT), which investigated the Baldia factory fire, that the blaze was set as part of a plan.
Abdul Rehman, alias Bhola, the alleged frontman in the 2012 arson attack at the garment factory had also recorded his statement in the case.
After listening to the arguments presented by both sides, the court rejected the bail request and asked the ATC to speed up the proceedings in the case.
