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26/11 attacks: Trial in Pakistan adjourned till Jun 11

Lahore: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court trying the seven accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case has adjourned the hearing till June 11 after prosecution lawyers failed to turn up for the second time in a


They further alleged that even a JuD activist was present in the courtroom in every hearing and threatened the witnesses outside the courtroom.

The prosecution chief also submitted a cell phone number to the court, from which the prosecution lawyers have been receiving threats from a JuD activist.

The ATC judge Attiquer Rehman had asked the government to provide him and the lawyers of the case a “foolproof” security but the request seems to fall on deaf ears as no adequate security measures have been taken yet.

Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Anjum have been charged with planning, financing and executing the attacks in India's financial capital that killed 166 people in November, 2008.

All the accused are lodged in Adiala prison in Rawalpindi, some 300 kilometers from Lahore.

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