The trial of seven suspects, including Lashkar-e-Tayiba's operational commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, involved in 2008 Mumbai attack case has been adjourned till November 3 as the judge of the Pakistani court hearing the case has been admitted to hospital, a prosecutor said on Saturday.
Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the main accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case, has been clandestinely communicating from prison with members of his group, according to intercepts by Western intelligence agencies.
A Pakistani judicial commission on Wedneday left for India to collect evidence and question officials as part of efforts to prosecute Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency has claimed it had 'absolutely no role' in the 2008 Mumbai attacks and attempts to link the organisation and its ex-chiefs to the incident were a 'crude smear attempt', a media report said on Monday.
A Pakistani court conducting the Mumbai attacks trial on Saturday reserved to July 17 its decision on Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's application challenging the report of a judicial panel that probed the 2008 strikes, besides rejecting the bail plea of one of the seven suspects.
Pakistani prosecutors on Saturday submitted documentary evidence provided by India, including confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab, in the anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of Lashkar-e-Tayiba's Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six others charged with involvement in Mumbai attacks, as a new judge began hearing the case.
The trial of seven Pakistani suspects, including Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was on Saturday adjourned for a week as the new judge appointed to hear the case is yet to assume office. Court officials said the proceedings were adjourned till June 30 as Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman, who was appointed the judge of the Rawalpindi-based anti-terrorism court on Wednesday, was yet to take charge.
Two years after his role in terror activities surfaced, the National Investigation Agency on Saturday chargesheeted Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative David Headley, Lashkar founder Hafiz Saeed and two Inter-Services Intelligence officers for plotting terror attacks in India including the 26/11 strikes.
The hanging shifts focus to bringing the 26/11 masterminds to justice. Vicky Nanjappa reports
The judge conducting the trial of Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other Pakistani suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks was on Tuesday changed for the fifth time, raising questions about progress in the case.
Lawyers defending seven Pakistani suspects, including Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, in the Mumbai attacks case, on Saturday contended that the report of judicial commission that visited India should not be made part of their trial as it had "no legal value".
Pakistan Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani refused an American request to confiscate the cell phone of jailed Lashkae-e-Tayiba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi being used to direct group's operation from the Rawalpindi jail, reflecting connection between the country's military and the terrorist outfit.
Irked over Pakistan's failure to punish those involved in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, India has asked Islamabad to allow a team of the National Investigation Agency to visit and examine the evidence collected against the attack's masterminds before it allows the second visit of a Pakistani judicial Commission.
After repeatedly failing to keep the date, a Pakistani judicial commission arrived in Mumbai on Thursday to record the statement of four key persons in connection with the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, including a magistrate who recorded the confessional statement of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving perpetrator.
A Pakistani court conducting the trial of Lashkar-e-Tayiba's Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects in the Mumbai attacks on Tuesday issued a notification stating that a judicial panel would visit India on March 14 to interview key Indian officials as part of the probe into the 2008 strikes.
Pakistan has asked India to allow its judicial commission to visit Mumbai again for cross examination of witnesses of 26/11 case for gathering evidence against seven accused, including Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.
The visit of the Pakistani judicial commission on Mumbai attacks to India has been delayed further with a court, conducting the trial of seven suspects in the case, on Tuesday adjourning the matter till February 11.
In yet another delay in the trial of seven Pakistani suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks, the matter was on Saturday adjourned till July 14 when the court will take up an application filed by Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.
Having sought the custody of alleged lashkar-e-Tayiba handler of 26/11 terrorists Abu Jundal from a Delhi court, Mumbai police are now gearing up to confront him with the lone surviving perpetrator of the brazen attacks Ajmal Kasab.
A Pakistani court has approved a plea to send the records of the trial of seven suspects, including Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks along with a judicial commission that is set to visit India to interview key officials.
Lakhvi is a top-ranking prisoner in Pakistan. It does not appear as though he is in judicial custody, but looks like he is living a normal life. Vicky Nanjappa reports
Pakistan has demanded actionable evidence from India against Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed. Pakistan can take action against the JuD chief if India provides practicable evidence against him, Interior minister Rehman Malik told Indian journalists in Islamabad.
The trial of seven Pakistani suspects, including LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks was on Saturday adjourned for a second consecutive week as no judge has been appointed to hear the case.
Khwaja Sultan, the counsel for Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the main accused in the Mumbai attacks case, informed anti-terrorism court judge Shahid Rafique that defence lawyers would go to India as part of the judicial commission.
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks reserved till Monday, its decision on a bail petition filed by Lashkar-e-Tayiba operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.
Gul is the sixth individual to have been designated as a terrorist by the Centre in the last fortnight.
A Pakistani court on Saturday adjourned till March 19 the trial of Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects charged with involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks after prosecution lawyers boycotted proceedings when they were not allowed to take their security details into the makeshift courtroom in a heavily guarded prison.
The trial of seven Pakistani men, charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror strike, was adjourned for a week after one of the key accused, Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, filed a petition against the judge of the anti-terrorism court. During a hearing held behind closed doors in Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail, due to security reasons, Lakhvi's lawyers submitted the petition in which he expressed dissatisfaction with Judge Shahid Rafique.
Jamaat-ud Dawa chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has moved the Lahore high court seeking direction for the Pakistan government to defend him, Inter Services Intelligence officians and others before a United States court, which has issued summons to them in connection with the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court conducting the trail of seven men charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks on Tuesday adjourned proceedings till January 28 after the main accused, Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, sought time to appoint a new lawyer.
Lawyers defending seven suspects, including Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks are causing "unnecessary hindrances" in their trial by filing petitions in court, a Pakistani prosecutor has said.
Pakistani prosecutors have failed to provide 'concrete evidence' linking Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi to the 2008 Mumbai attacks even after a lapse of nearly two years since the terror siege, one of the lawyers defending Lakhvi has said. The Federal Investigation Agency, which probed the Mumbai terror attacks and arrested Lakhvi, has "failed to furnish concrete evidence against" him, lawyer Shahbaz Ahmed Janjua told the media in Rawalpindi on Monday.
The Pakistan government presented evidence against Lashkar-e-Tayiba operations chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects before an anti-terrorism court for their involvement in the Mumbai attacks.
In a report tabled before an anti-terrorism court, Pakistani investigators said there is "sufficient incriminating evidence" against the arrested terrorist, including Lashkar-e-Taiba's operations chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.
While disposing of the application, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif directed the federal and Punjab governments to ensure that foolproof security is provided to Lakhvi and his counsel Khwaja Sultan.
Lakhvi's lawyer Khwaja Sultan, who has been accused by the prosecution of filing numerous petitions to delay the trial, told PTI that his client would not approach the Lahore High Court for bail.
Pakistani authorities have declined India's request to send an inquiry commission to interrogate Lashkar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects charged with involvement in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. India had sent an official letter expressing its willingness to allow a Pakistani commission to visit India to interview key officials linked with the probe into the 2008 Mumbai terror strike that killed 166 people.
Pakistani prosecutors on Monday filed an application seeking permission for an Indian magistrate and a police officer to depose via video conferencing in the anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
A Pakistani anti-terror court on Wednesday framed charges against Lashkar-e-Tayiba's operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six others for involvement in the Mumbai attacks and declared 16 people, including Ajmal Amir Kasab, as proclaimed offenders.
National Investigation Agency has moved a Delhi court for issuance of non-bailable warrants against Pakistani-American terror suspects David Headley, Tahawwur Hussain Rana and Pakistan-based Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Hafiz Saeed on the charge of plotting terror attacks in India.
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