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Pak court adjourns Mumbai attacks case for Oct 17
Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Oct 10 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terror court
on Saturday adjourned the Mumbai attacks case, in which
Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander Zakiur Rehman
Lakhvi and six others are suspects, for a week after hearing
arguments by prosecution and defence lawyers.
There was no official word on proceedings due to a gag
order issued by the court though sources told PTI that Judge
Baqir Ali Rana, who is conducting the trial behind closed
doors at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, scheduled the next hearing
for October 17.
Earlier, both sides presented their arguments before
the judge, the sources said. Lawyers representing the seven
suspects told the court that the evidence against their
clients was insufficient to indict them.
However, the prosecution said it had enough evidence
against the suspects, including five members of the LeT, the
sources said. They added that the suspects are expected to be
formally indicted at the next hearing.
The trial is being conducted at Adiala Jail due to
security concerns and the media has been barred from attending
the proceedings.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik had said last month
that the court would frame charges against the seven suspects
at a hearing on September 26. However, the hearing on
September 26 was adjourned as the judge was then on leave.
The Federal Investigation Agency, which probed
Pakistani links to the Mumbai attacks, filed an interim
chargesheet against five suspects on April 28. A second and
updated chargesheet was filed by the FIA on July 18.
The seven suspects – Lakhvi, communications expert
Zarar Shah, Abu al-Qama, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz,
Jamil Ahmed and Younas Anjum – have been booked under the
Anti-Terrorism Act.
They have been accused of training and providing
financial support, accommodation, equipment and communications
gear to the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November last
year.
On October 5, Judge Rana rejected the bail application
of Younas Anjum, a resident of Khaniwal in the southern
Punjab. Anjum had claimed in his bail application that he was
implicated in the Mumbai attacks case. PTI RHL
SDE
Islamabad, Oct 10 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terror court
on Saturday adjourned the Mumbai attacks case, in which
Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) operations commander Zakiur Rehman
Lakhvi and six others are suspects, for a week after hearing
arguments by prosecution and defence lawyers.
There was no official word on proceedings due to a gag
order issued by the court though sources told PTI that Judge
Baqir Ali Rana, who is conducting the trial behind closed
doors at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, scheduled the next hearing
for October 17.
Earlier, both sides presented their arguments before
the judge, the sources said. Lawyers representing the seven
suspects told the court that the evidence against their
clients was insufficient to indict them.
However, the prosecution said it had enough evidence
against the suspects, including five members of the LeT, the
sources said. They added that the suspects are expected to be
formally indicted at the next hearing.
The trial is being conducted at Adiala Jail due to
security concerns and the media has been barred from attending
the proceedings.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik had said last month
that the court would frame charges against the seven suspects
at a hearing on September 26. However, the hearing on
September 26 was adjourned as the judge was then on leave.
The Federal Investigation Agency, which probed
Pakistani links to the Mumbai attacks, filed an interim
chargesheet against five suspects on April 28. A second and
updated chargesheet was filed by the FIA on July 18.
The seven suspects – Lakhvi, communications expert
Zarar Shah, Abu al-Qama, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz,
Jamil Ahmed and Younas Anjum – have been booked under the
Anti-Terrorism Act.
They have been accused of training and providing
financial support, accommodation, equipment and communications
gear to the 10 terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November last
year.
On October 5, Judge Rana rejected the bail application
of Younas Anjum, a resident of Khaniwal in the southern
Punjab. Anjum had claimed in his bail application that he was
implicated in the Mumbai attacks case. PTI RHL
SDE
