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26/11 case: Pak court adjourns trial due to judge`s absence
Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Jul 24 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terror court
Saturday adjourned for a week the trial of LeT commander
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects charged with
involvement in the Mumbai attacks as the judge was away to
attend an official meeting.
Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan, who
is conducting the trial within Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail for
security reasons, had gone to Lahore to attend a meeting
convened by High Court Chief Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif,
officials said.
Court officials said the case had been adjourned till
July 31 due to the judge's absence.
In addition to the proceedings in the case, the court was
scheduled to take up Lakhvi's bail application Saturday.
Sources also told PTI that Judge Awan was likely to go on
leave for three weeks in the near future and this could
further delay proceedings in the trial.
Shahbaz Rajput, one of the defence lawyers, told PTI:
"The dilly-dallying tactics of the prosecution are making
matters excruciating for our clients."
Lakhvi's counsel Khwaja Sultan too criticised the
adjournment, saying the authorities were resorting to delaying
tactics.
Referring to the prosecution's efforts to gain access to
Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani national sentenced to death by an
Indian court for his role in the 2008 Mumbai carnage, and
Fahim Ansari, an Indian acquitted by the same court, Sultan
said this would not be possible unless the Pakistan government
makes a formal extradition request to India or approaches the
Interpol.
"The anti-terrorism court judge has no standing in this
matter," he said.
Lakhvi, who has denied his involvement in the Mumbai
incident, recently applied for bail on the ground that the
prosecution has been unable to produce any solid evidence
linking him to the attacks that killed 166 people in November
2008.
The seven suspects have been charged with training and
facilitating the 10 terrorists who carried out the assault on
India's financial hub.
They have been booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act,
Pakistan Penal Code and a cyber crimes law. PTI
Islamabad, Jul 24 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terror court
Saturday adjourned for a week the trial of LeT commander
Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects charged with
involvement in the Mumbai attacks as the judge was away to
attend an official meeting.
Anti-Terrorism Court Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan, who
is conducting the trial within Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail for
security reasons, had gone to Lahore to attend a meeting
convened by High Court Chief Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif,
officials said.
Court officials said the case had been adjourned till
July 31 due to the judge's absence.
In addition to the proceedings in the case, the court was
scheduled to take up Lakhvi's bail application Saturday.
Sources also told PTI that Judge Awan was likely to go on
leave for three weeks in the near future and this could
further delay proceedings in the trial.
Shahbaz Rajput, one of the defence lawyers, told PTI:
"The dilly-dallying tactics of the prosecution are making
matters excruciating for our clients."
Lakhvi's counsel Khwaja Sultan too criticised the
adjournment, saying the authorities were resorting to delaying
tactics.
Referring to the prosecution's efforts to gain access to
Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani national sentenced to death by an
Indian court for his role in the 2008 Mumbai carnage, and
Fahim Ansari, an Indian acquitted by the same court, Sultan
said this would not be possible unless the Pakistan government
makes a formal extradition request to India or approaches the
Interpol.
"The anti-terrorism court judge has no standing in this
matter," he said.
Lakhvi, who has denied his involvement in the Mumbai
incident, recently applied for bail on the ground that the
prosecution has been unable to produce any solid evidence
linking him to the attacks that killed 166 people in November
2008.
The seven suspects have been charged with training and
facilitating the 10 terrorists who carried out the assault on
India's financial hub.
They have been booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act,
Pakistan Penal Code and a cyber crimes law. PTI
