KARACHI: Mir Murtaza murder case

Published August 17, 2008

KARACHI, Aug 16: The court of additional district and sessions judge-I, East, adjourned on Saturday the hearing of Mir Murtaza Bhutto murder case till Aug 30 as the judge was deputed on special duty in the Sindh High Court. Mir Murtaza Bhutto, along with some of his close aides and supporters, was killed on Sept 20, 1996, in a shootout with police near his residence in Clifton.—Staff Reporter

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