Lahore: A Pakistani court has adjourned the hearing of a petition filed by Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed for nearly four months seeking legal aid from the government to defend himself in a US lawsuit over the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
A Deputy Attorney General told Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial yesterday that the US State and Justice Departments had challenged the US court's jurisdiction for issuing summons to former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha and other Pakistani officials over the Mumbai attacks.
The Lahore High Court should wait till the challenge to the US court's jurisdiction is decided before moving on Hafiz Saeed's petition, the Deputy Attorney General said.
The US lawsuit was filed by relatives of two Jewish victims of the Mumbai attacks, which were carried out by members of the Pakistan-based LeT.
They were accused of providing material support to the attackers.
The Pakistan government had earlier informed the Lahore High Court that it will only provide legal aid to serving and former government officials and not to private individuals like Hafiz Saeed.
A Deputy Attorney General told Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial yesterday that the US State and Justice Departments had challenged the US court's jurisdiction for issuing summons to former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha and other Pakistani officials over the Mumbai attacks.
The Lahore High Court should wait till the challenge to the US court's jurisdiction is decided before moving on Hafiz Saeed's petition, the Deputy Attorney General said.
The US lawsuit was filed by relatives of two Jewish victims of the Mumbai attacks, which were carried out by members of the Pakistan-based LeT.
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They were accused of providing material support to the attackers.
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The Pakistan government had earlier informed the Lahore High Court that it will only provide legal aid to serving and former government officials and not to private individuals like Hafiz Saeed.
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