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26/11: Prosecutors given 7 days to provide papers to defence
From Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jun 11 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terrorism
court conducting the trial of LeT's Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and
six other suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai
attacks Saturday gave prosecutors a week's time to provide
copies of statements of key Indian witnesses and other
relevant documents to defence lawyers.
The prosecutors were unable to produce the documents
during proceedings conducted by Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed behind
closed doors at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, sources told PTI.
The judge had earlier directed the prosecution to
provide the documents at Saturday's hearing.
After the prosecutors sought more time to produce the
documents, the judge gave them time till June 18 and adjourned
the proceedings, the sources said.
At the last hearing on May 28, the prosecutors had
told the judge that the Indian government had said it will
cooperate with a Pakistani judicial commission and allow it to
question witnesses and officials.
The judge had asked them to substantiate their
contention with any written communication sent by Indian
authorities.
This matter is also expected to be taken up at the
next hearing, the sources said.
The prosecutors said the judicial commission intends
to interview doctors who conducted the autopsies on the Mumbai
(western Indian city) attacks victims, police officials who
investigated the incident and the magistrate who recorded the
statement of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist
involved in the November 2008 assault on India's financial
hub.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik had said last
year that the trial of the seven Pakistani suspects had
stalled and it was important for the commission to visit India
and record the testimony of key officials.
Lakhvi and six other Pakistani suspects have been
charged with planning, facilitating and financing the Mumbai
terror attacks that killed 166 people.
Kasab has already been convicted and sentenced to
death by a special court in India for his role in the attacks.
Islamabad, Jun 11 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terrorism
court conducting the trial of LeT's Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and
six other suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai
attacks Saturday gave prosecutors a week's time to provide
copies of statements of key Indian witnesses and other
relevant documents to defence lawyers.
The prosecutors were unable to produce the documents
during proceedings conducted by Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed behind
closed doors at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, sources told PTI.
The judge had earlier directed the prosecution to
provide the documents at Saturday's hearing.
After the prosecutors sought more time to produce the
documents, the judge gave them time till June 18 and adjourned
the proceedings, the sources said.
At the last hearing on May 28, the prosecutors had
told the judge that the Indian government had said it will
cooperate with a Pakistani judicial commission and allow it to
question witnesses and officials.
The judge had asked them to substantiate their
contention with any written communication sent by Indian
authorities.
This matter is also expected to be taken up at the
next hearing, the sources said.
The prosecutors said the judicial commission intends
to interview doctors who conducted the autopsies on the Mumbai
(western Indian city) attacks victims, police officials who
investigated the incident and the magistrate who recorded the
statement of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist
involved in the November 2008 assault on India's financial
hub.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik had said last
year that the trial of the seven Pakistani suspects had
stalled and it was important for the commission to visit India
and record the testimony of key officials.
Lakhvi and six other Pakistani suspects have been
charged with planning, facilitating and financing the Mumbai
terror attacks that killed 166 people.
Kasab has already been convicted and sentenced to
death by a special court in India for his role in the attacks.
