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Pak judge delays trial for consulate bombing suspects until Aug 16
Karachi, Aug 10: A judge today postponed until next week the trial of three Islamic militants charged with the deadly bombing of the US consulate, ordering police to arrest six additional suspects still at large.
Karachi, Aug 10: A judge today postponed until next
week the trial of three Islamic militants charged with the
deadly bombing of the US consulate, ordering police to arrest
six additional suspects still at large.
Judge Ale Maqbool Rizvi, presiding over the
anti-terrorism court in Karachi amid heavy security, also
postponed the simultaneously scheduled trial of the militants
on charges of plotting to kill President Pervez Musharraf. The
trial on both charges is now scheduled for August 16.
Meanwhile, prosecutors presented defence lawyers with a list of 50 witnesses they planned to call.
The three charged in both cases were Mohammed Imran, Mohammed Hanif and Mohammed Ashraf. Imran is identified as the leader of the Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen al-Almi extremist group and the other two as group officers. Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen al-Almi, a splinter group of Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen, or movement of holy warriors, worked closely with al-Qaida in Afghanistan before the collapse of the Taliban government.
Bureau Report That case too will be heard on August 10. A police officer who is currently in custody is listed as the fourth accused in the plot to kill the president.
Bureau Report
Meanwhile, prosecutors presented defence lawyers with a list of 50 witnesses they planned to call.
The three charged in both cases were Mohammed Imran, Mohammed Hanif and Mohammed Ashraf. Imran is identified as the leader of the Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen al-Almi extremist group and the other two as group officers. Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen al-Almi, a splinter group of Harkat-ul-Mujahedeen, or movement of holy warriors, worked closely with al-Qaida in Afghanistan before the collapse of the Taliban government.
Bureau Report That case too will be heard on August 10. A police officer who is currently in custody is listed as the fourth accused in the plot to kill the president.
Bureau Report