Islamabad:
Just as India gets ready to commemorate the first anniversary of 26/11, Pakistan has finally taken some action against the men involved with the attacks.
A court in Pakistan has filed charges against seven men accused of the attacks; the charges describe Lashkar-e-Taiyba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi as the mastermind.
The case against these seven men was registered in February by Pakistan, but trial has moved slowly. India has repeatedly expressed frustration over this; its last protest was voiced last week, when the Indian Foreign Affairs Minister met his Pakistani counterpart in Afghanistan at the inaugural for Hamid Karzai's new term as President of Aghanistan.
Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan, who is conducting the trial at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi for security reasons, formally charged the seven suspects, sources said, adding the accused protested against their indictment.
They said the judge also rejected bail plea of some of the accused, besides declaring 16 people as proclaimed offenders. Among those declared proclaimed offenders is Ajamal Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive during the 26/11 strikes, who is now in jail in Mumbai.
During the proceedings of the case earlier on Monday, lawyers defending the seven suspects had demanded that Kasab be brought to Pakistan to face trial with the other accused.
They had said that since Kasab was the lone surviving attacker and his confession to Indian authorities formed a crucial part of the case built up by Pakistani authorities against their clients, he should be brought to Pakistan to face trial.
A court in Pakistan has filed charges against seven men accused of the attacks; the charges describe Lashkar-e-Taiyba commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi as the mastermind.
The case against these seven men was registered in February by Pakistan, but trial has moved slowly. India has repeatedly expressed frustration over this; its last protest was voiced last week, when the Indian Foreign Affairs Minister met his Pakistani counterpart in Afghanistan at the inaugural for Hamid Karzai's new term as President of Aghanistan.
Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan, who is conducting the trial at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi for security reasons, formally charged the seven suspects, sources said, adding the accused protested against their indictment.
They said the judge also rejected bail plea of some of the accused, besides declaring 16 people as proclaimed offenders. Among those declared proclaimed offenders is Ajamal Kasab, the lone terrorist captured alive during the 26/11 strikes, who is now in jail in Mumbai.
During the proceedings of the case earlier on Monday, lawyers defending the seven suspects had demanded that Kasab be brought to Pakistan to face trial with the other accused.
They had said that since Kasab was the lone surviving attacker and his confession to Indian authorities formed a crucial part of the case built up by Pakistani authorities against their clients, he should be brought to Pakistan to face trial.
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