PAK-MUMBAI 2

At the same time, the four lawyers representing the
suspects had accused Rana of being biased against their
clients.

The defence lawyers filed a petition in the Lahore
High Court challenging the indictment of the suspects and
asking for the case to be transferred to some other judge, and
this petition is scheduled to be taken up on October 26.
However, there were differences of opinion on whether
the petition would actually be taken up following the transfer
of the Mumbai attacks case to a new judge.
Some experts said the petition would become
infructuous after the change of the judge.
Khwaja Sultan, one of the four defence lawyers, told
PTI that he expected the Lahore High Court to take up the
petition as it had challenged the indictment of the suspects
and the alleged interference of the interior ministry in the
case.
The Mumbai attacks case has become mired in
controversy over the past few weeks.
The seven suspects – Lakhvi, 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 last year. MORE
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