KARACHI, Jan 20: Judge Haq Nawaz Baloch of the ATC-5 put off the hearing of the US consulate bomb blast case after recording the statements of two prosecution witnesses. The judge, who is conducting the trial inside the Central Prison, fixed Jan 26 for the next hearing after recording the deposition of Dr Zafar Sial and a rangers soldier.

Two Al Qaeda activists —Anwarul Haq and Usman Ghani — are being tried for masterminding a suicide car bombing to kill a US diplomat. Four people were killed on March 2 last year when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into the diplomat’s vehicle yards from the US consulate-general. The blast also left over 50 others wounded.—Staff Reporter