Karachi, October 03: Pakistan is set to conduct trial in the Mumbai terror attack case today. The trail was adjourned last week after the judge failed to appear.
The Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday had said that Islamabad had arrested seven people and prosecutions would begin in October. “Pakistan wants to see this trial to a logical conclusion,” he said.
On Friday, Special Public Prosecutor in the 26/11 case Ujjwal Nikam asked, “if the trial in 26/11 case is being conducted in an open court in Mumbai then what prevents Pakistan from not doing so?”, while speaking to the media in Vadodara.
Open trial in the case makes it more transparent and does not leave any ground for raising doubt over credibility and reliability of trial in the court, Nikam said. Enough security has been provided for conducting the open trial in the case in Mumbai, he pointed out.
He said that the trial has reached its fag end and prosecution’s argument in the 26/11 case is expected to be over by end of this month. This will be followed by the defence side putting up their case, he said.
India has provided Pakistan with six dossiers containing detailed information on investigations carried out on the Mumbai attacks which took place last November, killing 166 people.
–Agencies–