Mumbai attacks: Pak court reserves verdict on prosecution plea

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court holding the trial of the Mumbai attacks case has reserved its verdict on a prosecution plea to incorporate the individual postmortem reports of the 166 people killed in the 2008 terrorist attack.
The Anti-Terrorism Court Islamabad held the hearing of the case at the Adiala Jail Rawalpindi yesterday.
"It reserved the verdict after the prosecution and defence lawyers completed their arguments on (a prosecution) plea thatamendment in the charges against the seven suspects inabatement to murder of each individual in Mumbai attack should be made," a court official said today.
He said the judge may announce the verdict before the next hearing on April 6.

The prosecution had sought theamendment to the changes "for further strengthening the case against the suspects".
It had pleaded forincluding the postmortem reports of those killed in the attack.

"India should be asked to send the postmortem reports of the victims of Mumbai attack," the prosecution argued.
The defence lawyers have opposed it.
LeT Operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum are accused of abetment to murder, attempted murder, and planning and executing the terror attacks on Mumbai on November 26, 2008.
The prosecution also told the court that India has not yet responded to Pakistan's request tosend Indian witnesses here for recording of their statements in the case.

Earlier, Pakistan's foreign ministry had written to the Indian government asking it to send all 24 Indian witnesses to Pakistan for recording statements in the trial court in Mumbai attacks case.
Lakhvi, believed to be the mastermind of the Mumbai attacks, is living at an undisclosed location after getting bail last April. The other six suspects are in Adiala Jail Rawalpindi.