On August 19, 2024, a tragic accident occurred on Karachi‘s Karsaz Road, where a Pakistani woman, identified as Natasha Danish, caused the death of two individuals through reckless driving.
The video circulating on social media, caused huge uproar as the woman seemed to be smiling while standing at the scene while the people around her were visibly distressed and angry.People’s anger further escalted after hearing Natasha’s words in the video clip. In the footage, she can be heard proudly declaring her family’s clout while allegedly being protected by park rangers. Her statement, “Tum mere baap ko nahi jantay” (you don’t know who my father is), has been interpreted as a brazen attempt to use her family’s position to evade responsibility for her actions.
Who is Natasha Danish Ali who has caused huge online outcry?
- Natasha Danish Ali ss a 32-year old woman from
Pakistan accused of running over two people sixty-year-oldImran Arif and his 22-year-old daughter Amna. Driving a Toyota Land Cruiser that struck multiple vehicles she also caused injuries to multiple people. - She is the wife of prominent Karachi-born businessman
Danish Iqbal , chairman of Gul Ahmed Energy. - After the fatal crash, Natasha was booked on manslaughter charges and is currently in 14-day judicial custody after order from Karachi city court, according to Dawn news.
- During a legal proceeding on August 21, Natasha was claimed to “under the influence” by the representative of one of the victims, who requested an investigation into the “kind of drug” that the accused was purportedly consuming. This was later confirmed by Sindh Inspector General (IG) of Police Ghulam Nabi Memon who told Dawn that Natasha under the influence of narcotic methamphetamine (crystal meth), as per her medical report.
- Natasha advocate Amir Mansoob claimed in court that she was ” mentally weak”. “She doesn’t know that she had an accident and drove a car, she is mentally weak”, the lawyer told Times of Karachi.