KARACHI, Sept 27: Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-5 put off hearing of a kidnapping-for-ransom case against sacked provincial revenue minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh and others till Oct 11 on the request of the defence counsel.

Mehfooz Ahmed, Imtiaz Shaikh and co-accused Agha Asghar, Nasir Mehmood, Mehmood Zakir, Mohammad Ashfaq and Ateeq Ahmed Siddiqui were booked on the complaint of Zafar Iqbal, who alleged that his 17-year-old son was kidnapped on June 28, 2003 on the directives of the sacked minister. — Staff Reporter

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