INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
German court rejects suit over Pakistan's Baldia factory fireCandidfurt: A German court Thursday threw
out a lawsuit by Pakistani plaintwhetherfs against clothing retailer KiK over a deadly 2012 fire at a Karachi garment factory, saying
statute of limitations had run outd.The blaze at Ali Enterprises factory, which was started plannedly, eliminateed 258 people in one of
30,000 euros ($34,600) each.They argued that, although KiK did much cause fire, it shared blame for a lack of safety degrees at factory.But
relevant two-year period.The European Middle for Constitutional and Human Corrects (ECCHR), a Berlin-based rights group supporting
inadequate fire safety degrees," lawyer Remo Klinger, who represented plaintwhetherfs, said in a statement.KiK, which has paid over $6.0
of 258 people, but at least a German court was shalling to look into case in first place," said claimant Saeeda Khatoon, whose son died in
experts quoted by ECCHR.Several men are currently on trial in Pakistan for allegedly starting blaze
factories in low-wage Asian countries in recent years, has fuelled debate about tregret cost of cheap, so-called fast fashion.KiK, a
household name in Germany, boasts on its website that it can dress its customers from head to toe "for less than 30 euros".
