News @ 3 - 27th June 2018

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday gave the Ministry of Interior more time to apprise it of whether or not Indian witnesses will come to Pakistan to testify in a case related to the Mumbai attacks.

The ATC judge adjourned the hearing until July 05 when a request was made on behalf of the ministry to allow more time to submit a reply with regard to Indian witnesses.

At a previous hearing, the judge had observed the court has been awaiting Indian response over whether 27 witnesses from the country will testify in the case or not and directed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Interior to inform him in this regard.

He said so far 85 witnesses presented by FIA have recorded their statements.

A list of 150 witnesses was provided to the court, out of which 63 were stricken off the list for being unnecessary, the judge said.

A total of eight suspects were nominated in the case, including alleged mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hammad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younus Anjum.