Islamabad: Pakistani court halted the hearing of the 2008 Mumbai attack case to let the prosecutor make more witnesses. The trial is in process in an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan against seven activists, has made little headway in more than 10 years as the Pakistani establishment has been claiming lack of evidence against the accused.
comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiyani a divisional bench of Islamabad High Court, , on Tuesday conducted hearing on a petition by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking stay on anti-terrorism court proceedings. As per the reports, the court initially granted one week stay in trial of the Mumbai attack case to let the prosecutor to summon some of the 19 witnesses for testimony.
During the hearing, FIA prosecutor Akram Qureshi appeared in the court. Justice Kiyani remarked several witnesses were not appearing due to fear and the whereabouts of some others were unknown. The FIA prosecutor told that many witnesses had been traced out. Justice Kiyani inquired if those witnesses will appear in the court to which Qureshi said some of the witnesses have been traced and are ready to appear before the court.
In november 2008, Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists had sailed into India’s Mumbai from Karachi and carried out coordinated attacks, killing 166 people and injuring over 300.