Pak court adjourns hearing of Mumbai suspects case till Sep 26
An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad conducting the trial of seven suspects accused linked with the Mumbai attacks, including Lashker-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, on Saturday adjourned the hearing till September 26 even as a chargesheet was filed against one of the accused.
An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad conducting the trial of seven suspects accused linked with the Mumbai attacks, including Lashker-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, on Saturday adjourned the hearing till September 26 even as a chargesheet was filed against one of the accused.
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No details of the proceedings were available due to a strict media blackout imposed by Judge Baqir Ali Rana, who is conducting the trial inside the high-security Adiala Jail in the garrison city of Rawalpindi due to security reasons.
The hearings are being conducted in-camera and Rana has issued a gag order, citing national security concerns as well as the security of the accused and witnesses.
Sources told PTI that the judge adjourned the case till September 26 following today’s proceedings.
The Federal Investigation Agency submitted a chargesheet against Younas Anjum, a suspect who was arrested recently, the sources said.
It is still not clear whether the seven accused have been formally indicted as yet though authorities have so far prepared two chargesheets against them.
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Lawyers representing the accused said they had been directed by the judge to strictly adhere to the gag order and not to discuss the proceedings with the media.
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Lawyers representing the accused said they had been directed by the judge to strictly adhere to the gag order and not to discuss the proceedings with the media.
Rezaul Hasan Laskar is Foreign Editor with the Hindustan Times, which he joined in 2015. He began as a journalist in his hometown of Shillong in northeast India and has worked in newspapers and wire services over the years. He moved to New Delhi in 1997 and initially focused on defence, national security, Jammu and Kashmir and the northeast, while also working of foreign policy and international relations. He has been part of the media delegation accompanying PMs on foreign visits and has reported from destinations ranging from Tibet to Ukraine. Between 2007 and 2013, he was the Press Trust of India correspondent in Pakistan, one of only two Indian journalists allowed to report from the country. He extensively covered Pakistan’s domestic politics and the life of the common people, as well as the fallout of the 2008 Mumbai attacks on India-Pakistan relations and the subsequent trial in Pakistan of the suspects involved in the attack. As part of his reportage in Pakistan, he travelled the breadth of the country, from the Swat Valley to Balochistan. Reza’s first gig in journalism was writing a weekly music column, and music – especially classic rock – remains a keen interest. He is also a movie buff and a keen photographer.
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