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A court in Pakistan today convicted four men of organising last year's suicide bomb attack on the US consulate in Karachi. Two of the men were given death sentences by the anti-terrorism court, with the other two sentenced to life imprisonment. A fifth man was acquitted, Reuters reported. The judge, Syed Aalay Maqbool Rizvi, found the suspected Islamic militants guilty of filling a vehicle with explosives and ramming it into the perimeter wall of the consulate during the morning rush hour on June 14 last year. Twelve Pakistanis were killed in the attack. The explosion blew in the windows of...

KARACHI: The trial of five Islamic militants accused in the deadly car bombing outside the US Consulate in Karachi was delayed for the seventh time Saturday -- this time because the prosecutor did not show up in court. The trial will attempt to start again on Tuesday, Khawaja Naveed, a lawyer for one of the five Islamic militants said. Naveed also complained that his client, Mohammed Ashraf, was being tortured in jail. He has requested the anti-terrorist court order a medical examination. The court will decide on Tuesday when it convenes, he said. "Due to severe torture Ashraf's shoulder has...