Lawyers of 26/11 suspects demand Kasab be brought to Pak

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Nov 23 (PTI) Lawyers defending seven
suspects arrested for alleged involvement in the Mumbai
attacks Monday demanded that Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone
attacker nabbed in India, should be brought to Pakistan to
face trial with the other accused.
The lawyers made the demand when proceedings resumed
in the trial of the seven accused, including Lashker-e-Taiba
operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, at the high-
security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.
They said that since Kasab was the lone surviving
attacker and his confession to Indian authorities formed a
crucial part of the case built up by Pakistani authorities
against their clients, he should be brought to Pakistan to
face trial.
Anti-terrorism court Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan,
who is conducting the trial in the prison for security
reasons, adjourned the matter till November 25 after hearing
the arguments of the defence and the prosecution.
He is expected to give his response to the demand of
the defence lawyers at the next hearing.
Khwaja Sultan, the lawyer representing Lakhvi, said
the defence counsel had raised objections to the evidence
presented against the accused and thoroughly debated Kasab's
confessional statement, which formed a crucial part of the
case built up by the prosecution. (MORE) PTI