Drive For Cheap Goods Implicated In Pakistan Factory Fire

'This Was A State-Of-The-Art Factory That Met International Standards'
Pakistan people gather in a garment factory following a fire in which at least 289 people died in Karachi on September 13, 2012, on the third day of the fire incident. Police in Karachi have registered a murder case against the owners of a garment factory where a fire killed at least 289 people in the country's worst ever industrial disaster, officers said. AFP PHOTO/Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/GettyImages)
Pakistan people gather in a garment factory following a fire in which at least 289 people died in Karachi on September 13, 2012, on the third day of the fire incident. Police in Karachi have registered a murder case against the owners of a garment factory where a fire killed at least 289 people in the country's worst ever industrial disaster, officers said. AFP PHOTO/Rizwan TABASSUM (Photo credit should read RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP/GettyImages)

KARACHI, Pakistan -- The century-old Central Jail here, a gritty repository of criminals, jihadists and sectarian killers, has a reputation for overcrowding and prisoner riots. But for Arshad and Shahid Bhaila, the industrialist brothers whose factory burned to the ground in September, killing at least 262 workers, there are some comforts.

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