Tanker owner, driver in Karachi ordered to pay accident victim Rs5m in compensation

KARACHI: A senior civil judge ordered the owner of a water tanker and the driver to pay a Rs5 million in compensation to an accident victim, who lost both his legs in 2018 due to the driver’s rash and negligent driving.

The plaintiff, Abbas Ali Shah, who got injured in the accident, had filed a suit under the relevant section of the Civil Procedure Code through his counsel before Senior Civil Judge (South) Ghulam Abbas Memon, seeking damages of Rs15 million from the defendants — owner of...