Pakistan

Mumbai attacks: ATC dismisses application to declare Kasab, Ansari 'wanted'

Hearing adjourned till April 9.

Express March 26, 2011

An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Rawalpindi dismissed the application of the FIA to declare Kasab and Faheem Ansari as ‘wanted’ in the Mumbai attack case.

The court’s Judge Rana Nisar Ahmed Khan heard the case at the Adiala Jail Rawalpindi.

Earlier, public prosecutors Chaudhry Zulfiqar and Chaudhry Azhar had urged the judge to declare the accused ‘wanted’. They argued that cases against seven other men arrested for allegedly planning the Mumbai attacks were pending because of Kasab not appearing before the court.

The FIA had filed a petition in April last year with the LHC Rawalpindi bench after the anti-terrorism court refused to declare Kasab and Ansari proclaimed offenders. The bench had directed FIA to approach the trial court in this regard.

The hearing has been adjourned till April 9.

COMMENTS (5)

Raj | 13 years ago | Reply @David Salmon The answer is straight no! this is just a exercise to show that they are trying for their local dumb audiance and to keep diverting away attention from their own major internal problems like unemployment, education, healthcare, inflation etc. Denialbility and blame culture is the mantra for the nation. How else can the Army justify their current expenditure on defence, while the country is facing doom. To understand how bad things really are economically, one only has to look at the level of borrowing and repayment scheduales, which will never be achieved, furthermore the state of taxation in the country is all but non existant, so how are they proposing to cover the deficit, let alone increase the govt expenditure. the country in current shape will not exist in next decade, on the current course of direction, hence India's concern to have unstable neighbourhood.

David Salmon | 13 years ago | Reply It's sad. Does Pakistan want to make peace with its neighbors, or not? The LeT committed a massacre in Mumbai, and Pakistan is protecting those who sent them. I might not argue about this ruling, but the fact remains that Pakistan is stalling and shows no sign of having called off LeT. You could have peace, but you don't seem to actually want it.