Pak`s 26/11 case adjourned till Apr 17

Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Apr 3 (PTI) Pakistani anti-terror court
conducting the trial of seven Mumbai attacks suspects,
including LeT's Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, on Saturday adjourned
proceedings till April 17 after the prosecution sought time to
challenge certain court orders in the High Court and Supreme
Court.
During Saturday's proceedings at the Adiala jail in
Rawalpindi where judge Malik Mohd Akram Awan is hearing the
case for security reasons, the prosecution said it needed
"maximum" time to challenge a Lahore High Court order that
the trial of the seven suspects could not be separated from
that of Ajmal Kasab and Fahim Ansari who are currently in the
custody of Indian authorities.
The prosecution also said it needed time to challenge
the anti-terrorism court's decision to dismiss its application
to name Kasab and Ansari as proclaimed offenders or fugitives.
The prosecution said it intended to file challenges in
the Lahore High Court and Supreme Court.
Judge Awan gave the prosecution time till April 17 and
adjourned the matter.
During the proceedings, the prosecution said the
government had been approached to ask Interpol to issue Red
Corner notices for Ansari and Kasab.
The defence lawyers reiterated their argument that
Kasab and Ansari were not fugitives as they are in the custody
of Indian authorities.
Special Public Prosecutor Malik Rab Nawaz Moon later
said Interpol had been approached on Saturday to issue Red
Corner notices for Kasab and Ansari.
"We are having meetings today and tomorrow and will
decide on approaching the High Court and Supreme Court to
challenge recent court orders," Noon told PTI.
Apart from Lakhvi, the accused in the case in Pakistan
are Zarar Shah, Abu al-Qama, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil
Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younas Anjum. PTI