He recalled that 250 people were killed in the 2012 blaze, adding, "It has yet to be proven that my client set the factory on fire. 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.m 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.