Pakistan, July 6 -- An 11-year-old boy is set to be tried in a court of law for igniting a fire at the Gul Plaza Shopping Centre on Jan 17 that resulted in the deaths of 72 persons.

This was stated in a charge sheet filed in court by the investigating officer of the Gul Plaza fire case through in charge district prosecutor Abdul Razzaq Gujjar on Saturday. Only on Friday, another prosecutor had returned the charge sheet to the IO, asking him to remove certain defects he pointed out and include the report of a judicial commission.

However, prosecutor Gujjar gave the go-ahead to the IO to file the charge sheet as the judicial commission's report can be filed at a later stage. According to the charge sheet, 72 people had lost their lives, e...