KARACHI: A district court in Karachi acquitted Natasha Danish, wife of a well-known businessman, on Thursday in the Karsaz Road accident case from August that tragically took the lives of a father and daughter.
The court granted acquittal after the victim’s family submitted a settlement, forgiving her. On August 19, a high-speed Toyota Land Cruiser hit a motorcycle on Karsaz Road and then veered onto the service road, killing 60-year-old Imran Arif and his 22-year-old daughter Amna. Four other people were seriously injured.
Natasha Danish, from a prominent Karachi business family, was arrested and charged with manslaughter shortly after the incident. Her lawyer, Amir Mansoob Qureshi, confirmed, “The court accepted the compromise, and Natasha has been acquitted.”
Natasha was not present in court for the hearing. She had previously obtained bail on September 6 in the accident case and was also granted bail on September 30 in a separate drug-related case with a Rs1 million bond after two previous rejections.
FIR Report on Karsaz Accident
The FIR was filed last night at 11 pm at Bahadurabad police station. It was lodged by Imtiaz Arif, whose brother and niece were killed in the accident. The FIR includes charges under sections of the Pakistan Penal Code for causing death and injury through reckless or negligent driving, as well as for property damage.
According to the complaint, Imtiaz Arif was informed around 6:45 pm on Monday that his brother Imran and his daughter Amna had been in an accident. When he arrived at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), he learned that Natasha Danish, driving a Toyota Land Cruiser, had crashed into his brother’s motorcycle from behind. The complaint also noted that Abdussalam, who was on the motorcycle, was injured, and both Imran and Amna suffered severe injuries and later died.
