The hearing of murder case of Mir Murtaza Bhutto and seven others of PPP Shaheed Bhutto group was adjourned till January 20 by Additional District and Sessions Judge, East, Abdul Rehman Bhatti here on Saturday as one of the prosecution witnesses was absent.
Mir Murtuza Bhutto, Ashique Hussain Jatoi and six other workers and supporters of PPP (SB) were killed on September 20, 1996 in an alleged shoot out with Karachi police.