Lahore : An Anti-Terrorism Court in Pakistan today summoned five witnesses on April 22 for recording their statements in the 2008 Mumbai attack case against Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and six other accused.
After the directions of the Islamabad High Court, which has set a two-month deadline for the trial court to conclude the case, Anti-Terrorism Court Islamabad judge Sohail Akbar today held the hearing at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi where six accused are lodged.
The IHC on April 13 warned the trial court that it would accede to Pakistan government’s plea to cancel the bail granted to Lakhvi if it failed to conclude the case by mid June. The hearing till conclusion of the case against 55-year-old Lakhvi and the six other accused will be held in Adiala Jail, a court official told PTI. “Today the record of the case was also presented in the trial court which had been laying with the IHC for more than two months in connection with the government’s plea for cancellation of bail to Lakhvi,” the official said.
He said the trail court today showed urgency in meeting the deadline set by the IHC. It is not only the trial court which appears to expedite the Mumbai terror case, which has been pending for more than five years, but also the federal government today notified appointment of one more prosecutor to strengthen the prosecution team.
M Zulqernain
