Rezaul H Laskar
Islamabad, Mar 27 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terror court conducting the trial of LeT's Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six others accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks today dismissed the prosecution's application for naming Ajmal Kasab and Fahim Ansari as "proclaimed offenders" or fugitives.
Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan of the Rawalpindi-based court, who is conducting the trial within the Adiala Jail for security reasons, rejected the application a week after hearing arguments by the prosecution and defence lawyers on it.
"The prosecution's application for declaring Kasab and Fahim Ansari as proclaimed offenders was dismissed by the judge," during today's proceedings, Shahbaz Rajput, one of the defence lawyers, told PTI.
Kasab, a Pakistani, was captured alive during the Mumbai attacks while nine other terrorists were gunned down. Ansari is another accused arrested in India for the attacks.