By KUNA
Islamabad : An anti-terrorism court of Pakistan Wednesday sentenced an Al-Qaeda linked militant to death on the charges of links with a suicide attack that killed a US diplomat and three others in 2006 while cleared another of all charges. The Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) in a closed-door hearing in Karachi sentenced Anwarul Haq in connection with the March 2006 bombing outside the US consulate in Karachi on the eve of President Bushs visit to Islamabad.
He has been sentenced to death on four counts, said lawyer Naimat Ali Randhawa while talking to newsmen.
However, he said, another suspect, Usman Ghani, was cleared of all charges, adding that planned to appeal the prosecution.
The two suspects belong to an Al-Qaeda-linked extremist group and were arrested in August 2006.