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Justice delayed: Balochistan govt pays compensation to Gadani blast victims after 4 years ANI | Updated: Apr 07, 2021 12:17 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 7 (ANI): In a case of delayed justice, the Balochistan government on Monday paid compensation to the heirs of 2016 Gadani oil tanker fire blast victims, after four years of the tragedy.
The heirs of the victims received a cheque of Pakistani Rs 500,000 as compensation, reported The News International.
Twenty-one families from across the country - mostly from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and then from Punjab - were each given the cheque at a ceremony.
Twenty-nine workers were killed and over 50 were injured as fire ripped through a decommissioned oil tanker, Aces, moored for dismantling at Plot 54 in the Gadani Ship-Breaking Yard on November 1, 2016.