26/11: Pak court resumes hearing in case against Lakhvi,others

Islamabad, Aug 29 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terror court
Saturday resumed the hearing into the case against five
Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT) operatives, including its operations
chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, in connection with the Mumbai
attacks.

Details of the hearing, which was being held in-camera
at the anti-terror court no 2 in the high-security Adiala Jail
in the garrison city of Rawalpindi near here, were hard to get
as the court slapped gag orders on lawyers.

During the last hearing on July 25 as well, the
journalists were barred from covering the trial which is
being conducted inside the prison for security reasons.

Sources earlier had said that the counsel for the
Federal Investigation Agency, which probed the Mumbai attacks
and arrested the five Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives, had
argued that the proceedings should be conducted in-camera in
view of the sensitivity of the matter. This was accepted by
the judge.

While Lakhvi is accused of masterminding the attack,
the four others, including LeT's communications expert
Zarar Shah, Abu al-Qama, Hamad Amin Sadiq and Shahid Jamil
Riaz are being charged as facilitators, manager of funds and
for locating hideouts for the attackers. PTI