HYDERABAD, July 23: The district and sessions judge, Hussain Bux Khoso, here on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of a double murder case against Asif Ali Zardari till Aug 30.

The hearing was adjourned as the Karachi central prison administration failed to inform the court about availability of Mr Zardari, who is being tried in other cases in the Karachi prison.

The murder case of former federal secretary Alam Baloch and his gunman, Imdad Baloch, was registered against Asif Ali Zardari, his father, Hakim Ali Zardari, Abdul Latif Ansari, Abdul Hafeez Ansari, Abdul Shakoor Ansari and others on Sept 18, 1997.