Mumbai Terrorist Attack-News stories and timeline

vishwakarmaa · Post by **vishwakarmaa** » 28 Sep 2009 03:02

tripathi wrote:why should pakistani take any indian in the investigation team.did india ever to pakis on investigation team to question ajmal kasab and two others.did india ever took any pakistani in investigation team to question col.purohit.

Do you expect British to take paki investigators onboard, because paki were conspirators in London train bombings?

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 28 Sep 2009 03:07

col.purohit.people kileed in samjhota exp were pakis on indian soil

Dearest Sir,
Col Purohit didnt kileed anyone on the Samjhota express
Col Purohit is not Kasab, there is no comparison between the two, now if Col Purohit shouts "har Har Mahadev and fires on innocent bystanders in Lahore railway station( if there are any innocent people in Bakistan you should know better Hain ji) then one could think of equating the two, otherwise it is just madrassa logic which I am sure you excell in

pakistan has every right to be included in investigation teams

Yeah Sure it has every right to be included, Just like Bin Laden has every right to be privy to the flight plans of predators that every so often violate the so virginity of the great bacon of Islamic light and enlightenment to our west

Stay on Sir! Please visit Benis more often for the real picture of the great nation , your unparalelled knowledge and high standard of pinglish will be an asset

PS: Are you considered amongst the educated elite in the place you come from? or did your momma leave you un supervised and you managed to get hold of the keyboard
just curious

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 28 Sep 2009 03:47

tripathi wrote:why should pakistani take any indian in the investigation team.did india ever took pakis in investigation team to question ajmal kasab and two others accused of 26/11.did india ever took any pakistani in investigation team to question col.purohit.people killed in samjhota exp were pakis on indian soil.so if india thinks it has right to be included in investigation team in pak on 26/11.then pak too has right to be included in samjhota exp investigation team.if india cant include pakis in samjhota exp investigation team then how can u expect pakistan to do the same.pakistan has every right to be included in investigation teams of all the cases where india accuses pak of isi involvement.otherwise let the law takes its own course(this is the term wat most indisn politicos use,isnt it? )

As Vamanullah said, plij to take yuwar hyoomar to benis.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 28 Sep 2009 15:47

Pak Court Admits Saeed's Plea Challenging Cases Against Him

A Pakistani court today admitted a petition filed by banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed challenging two cases registered against him by police under the Anti-Terrorism Act for inciting people to wage 'jehad'.

After a preliminary hearing, a two-judge bench of the Lahore High Court issued notices to the federal and Punjab governments and police officials in connection with the two First Information Reports registered in Faisalabad against Saeed, who has been blamed by India for masterminding the Mumbai terror attacks.

The bench set October 12 as the date for the hearing of the petition.

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 29 Sep 2009 01:31

tripathi sukhvinder bhutia rao meswani, from bangalore, meghalaya?

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 29 Sep 2009 05:12

Saeed's Lawyer's defence

Very predictable.

“In any case, Hafiz Saeed was not making a call for an armed uprising against anyone. Jihad also means inner struggle and it is part of Islam,” Mr. Dogar later told The Hindu.

This is what I posted on Sep 19 here:

If the pressure becomes too much, there is always an escape clause. The call for 'jihad' will be fudged with distinction between 'Jihad al Saif' and 'Jihad al Kabir' and it can be argued that the accused was referring to the latter which was 'inner reformation' and all that BS

Lalmohan · Post by **Lalmohan** » 30 Sep 2009 01:11

^^^ reading a book about wahabbism and the pashtun lands, nothing has changed over 200 years... the pattern of terror and jehad just keeps repeating itself. you can copy/paste the diplomatic and military reports from back then to now and you wouldn't know that anything has changed, particularly the part about death to idolating kaffirs

Ankit Desai · Post by **Ankit Desai** » 30 Sep 2009 07:18

Dispatches - Terror In Mumbia- Video

Some unwatched clips and conversation between Controller & terrorist.

Ankit

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 30 Sep 2009 17:08

Kasab confessed voluntarily: Magistrate

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rama Vijay Sawant Vagule said Kasab was produced before her on February 17 where he said he wanted to confess.

He was given 24 hours to reconsider if he wished to confess, she said.

"On February 18, when Kasab was produced again before me, he reiterated that he wanted to confess. He showed no remorse for his crime and told me that he wanted to confess so that others may derive inspiration from his action," Vagule told the Court.

"I also conducted a physical examination on Kasab and found that he had two injuries on his wrist which he said he had sustained during firing in the attacks, the Magistrate said.

Kasab was again given 48-hours to reconsider and was produced before the Magistrate on February 20. He once again reiterated that he wanted to confess voluntarily but since the Court time was over, he was asked to come the next day.

Finally, his confession was recorded on February 21 when he was produced without handcuffs before the Magistrate, the Court was told.

"I enquired from Kasab that whether 48-hours time was sufficient and he said yes. I also enquired whether anybody from the police had met him in the last 48-hours to which he replied in the negative. He was once again reminded that the confession could go against him," the Magistrate told Judge M L Tahiliyani.

"After questioning Kasab, I was satisfied that he was ready to confess without any force and was doing so voluntarily. His confession was then recorded by me," she said.

Since some words were in Urdu, the confession was recorded in question-answer form, she said. All pages have signatures of Kasab and the Magistrate.

The confession of Kasab was shown to the Magistrate and she said that it was the same confession that she had recorded that day.

Pranay · Post by **Pranay** » 30 Sep 2009 22:33

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/world ... ai.html?hp

Post Mumbai, the Lashkar is alive and well in Pakistan...

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 30 Sep 2009 23:27

What if the TSP eliminate Hafiz Saeed due to his gang involvement in Pashtun areas?

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 30 Sep 2009 23:36

Pakistan opens new terror camps after Mumbai assault

By Bill RoggioSeptember 26, 2009 8:12 PM

Ten new terror training camps have been opened inside Pakistan since the November 2008 terror assault in Mumbai, India, which was launched from Pakistani soil.

The 10 additional camps raise the total number to 62, according to Indian intelligence agencies. The report, which was first noted in the Hindustan Times, was confirmed by US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal.

P. Chidambaram, Indian's Home Minister, "shared details of the camps, along with maps and intercepts of conversations between terrorists and their Pakistani handlers, with the US government" during a visit to the US in early September.

The number of jihadi camps used to target India has fluctuated over the years. In 2005, it was estimated that there were 55 jihadi camps in Kashmir and Pakistan, but 15 were thought to have been wiped out during a deadly earthquake that struck Muzafarrabad and the surrounding areas in Pakistan-held Kashmir.

The 62 camps tallied by India's Multi-Agency Centre, the country's national intelligence coordination agency, are the ones that are directly aimed at India and India-held Kashmir, a senior US intelligence official told The Long War Journal.

"These are the camps that are set up specifically to churn out fighters assigned to strike in Kashmir and India," the official said. The official warned, however, that narrowly viewing the camps as being used to training fighters for either India or Afghanistan is a flawed way to look at the issue, as there is a wide amount of cooperation between the groups.

"The Indian number doesn't include camps in the NWFP [Northwest Frontier Province], FATA [the Federally Administered Tribal Areas], Baluchistan, and in Punjab that are tasked with aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan and in Pakistan's tribal areas."

The exact number of terror camps in Pakistan is not publicly available. Last summer, US intelligence officials told The Long War Journal that there were 157 al Qaeda and Taliban camps in Pakistan's tribal agencies and the Northwest Frontier Province. The number of camps in Baluchistan and Punjab has not been disclosed.

But a recent report in Newsline provided a disturbing glimpse into the extent of the jihadi network in South Punjab. The region is dotted with more than 3,000 madrassas, or religious schools, with many of them used to radicalize students and recruit fighters. The region is fertile recruiting grounds for the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (the radical offshoot of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan), Jaish-e-Mohammad, and Lashkar-e-Taiba. These groups have all struck alliances with al Qaeda and the Taliban.

According to the Newsline report, the Bahawalpur division, a region in South Punjab, "could boast of approximately 15,000-20,000 trained militants." An estimated 5,000 to 9,000 young men from South Punjab are thought to be fighting in Afghanistan and in Pakistan’s tribal areas.

The Quetta Shura, the governing body for the Afghan Taliban, led by Mullah Omar, is based in the capital of Pakistan's Baluchistan province, while scores of camps are known to operate in the province. The border city of Chaman serves as a forward command post for the Afghan Taliban and the Quetta Shura.

Rangudu · Post by **Rangudu** » 01 Oct 2009 04:05

ramana wrote:What if the TSP eliminate Hafiz Saeed due to his gang involvement in Pashtun areas?

What are you talking about?

pigLeT involvement in FATA is purely as part of ISI coordinated attacks on NATO forces in the Northeast Afghan areas. In fact, pigLeTs are now seamlessly intertwined with the Haqqani group, all under ISI's coordination.

The jihadi who blew himself up at the Indian embassay in Kabul last year was a Pakjabi pigLeT, faciliated by the Haqqani's logisitics and masterminded by TSPA/ISI.

pigLeTs are more loyal than the king to TSPA.

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 01 Oct 2009 06:16

Remaining Mumbai attacks evidence in Pakistan: India

NEW DELHI: New Delhi has indicated that Pakistan should look for the remaining evidence against the Mumbai attacks suspects on Pakistani soil if Indian dossiers are insufficient, with Indian Home Minister P Chidambaram asking “Pakistan to bake fully evidence against the perpetrators of the attack if it is half-baked”.

Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Chidambaram claimed the remaining evidence was available on Pakistani soil.

“If it is half-baked, they (Pakistan) are welcome to bake it fully,” he said while replying to a question about Pakistan’s statement that a “half-baked” case against Hafiz Saeed could not be taken to court. “All the baking ingredients are in Pakistan,” he said, adding that all the evidence on Indian soil has had been shared with Pakistan.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 03 Oct 2009 13:58

Pakistan adjourns the 26/11 trial yet again

The much awaited Oct. 3rd has come and gone. As expected, now that the meeting on the UNGA sidelines bet SMK & Quereshi is over, there is no more urgency until the next expected meeting sometime in Nov between Man Mohan Singh & Gilani.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Saturday put off for a week the trial of seven suspects, including LeT's operations chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, in connection with the Mumbai attacks.

The judge conducting the trial within the high-security Adiala Jail in the garrison city of Rawalpindi has imposed strict gag orders.

However, sources said the hearing was again adjourned today for a week. But the reason for putting off the trial was not immediately known. There was also no official word about the proceedings.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 06 Oct 2009 13:50

Pakistan Court rejects bail for 26/11 terrorists

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has rejected the bail application of one of the seven suspects facing trial in connection with the Mumbai attacks, which India has blamed on the banned militant outfit LeT.

Judge Baqir Ali Rana, who is conducting the trial of the seven suspects booked under the Anti-Terrorism Act, denied bail to Younas Anjum yesterday.

The court noted that it had already declined bail to another suspect named Jamil Ahmed.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 11 Oct 2009 07:04

26/11 terrorists charged by Pakistani court

But, the judge seems to have deliberately flouted law so that the case could be thrown out on technical grounds later on. The judge also has to keep his head in tact, and they resort to all kinds of gimmicks as it frequently happens in cases involving terrorism and blasphemy. The opaque manner in which the case is being tried betrays real intention of the Pakistani government.

The seven suspects arrested here in connection with the November 26, 2008 Mumbai attacks were formally charged by a Pakistani Anti-Terror Court on Saturday, but the defence lawyers accused the judge of making a “mockery” of the law. They said they were considering asking for a transfer of the case to another court.

But their indictment came after the team of three defence lawyers left the court, apparently at the urging of the judge. It is not clear yet what charges the court has framed out of the multiple charge sheets presented by the Federal Investigations Agency, which is in charge of the 26/11 investigation.

Khwaja Sultan, the seniormost lawyer in the team, told The Hindu that as the defence counsel were not present, the seven suspects refused to “sign the charges,” that is, they declined to plead guilty or not guilty.

“We are considering challenging the manner in which this was done at the next hearing, and we are also considering asking for a transfer of the case from this court,” he said. {Another time wasting tactic}

The charges were read out to each of the accused, Mr. Sultan said, but they refused to sign them as required, as the document was in English, a language they did not understand, and because their lawyers were not present.

According to Mr. Sultan, the judge asked the lawyers to leave the court following the attack at the military headquarters in Rawalpindi, telling them that they would be stranded if the city were to be shut down later.{How clever}

After arguments on both sides, the lawyers were waiting for the judge to make a ruling in the matter. It was that point that they heard about the trouble at Rawalpindi.

“I told the judge that courtesy demands that I should stay on until the court remained open, but the judge asked me to leave,” Mr. Sultan related.

“But the judge asked the prosecution lawyer to return and for the suspects to be produced before him again, and he framed the charges,” the Lahore-based lawyer said.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 12 Oct 2009 14:33

X-post from TSP thread

tsriram wrote:Pak court dismisses case against 26//11 accused Hafiz Saeed

This was expected all along! Now what is GoI going to do!

“Anti-terror law does not apply to Saeed,” the high court said while dismissing the case.

nithish · Post by **nithish** » 13 Oct 2009 02:35

I have no faith in Indian court: Kasab

After facing trial in the Mumbai attack case for nearly six months, the lone surviving Pakistani gunman Ajmal Kasab on Monday said he had ''no faith'' in Indian court and made a dramatic plea for transfer of the case to an international court.

But Judge M L Tahaliyani rejected 22-year-old Kasab’s plea saying “it is misconceived”.
“I have no faith in Indian court and this case may be transferred to an International court,” Kasab said in an application to the court. He had moved the application written in his own hand in Urdu.

The application was filed through jail authorities who translated it into Marathi and produced it before the court. The judge asked Kasab whether he had written the application and he replied “ji huzoor” (Yes, Sir).

The trial of Kasab, whom the police formally charged in February with several offences including “waging war” against India, began on March 23 via a video link with his Arthur Road prison in Mumbai.

In another development, the judge also rejected the plea of co-accused Fahim Ansari to stay the proceedings on the ground that he had filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking transfer of the 26/11 case to some other court alleging that the recording of evidence was incorrect.

“This is yet another attempt by the accused to delay the trial,” why does he need to delay when he has already confessed? noted judge Tahaliyani while rejecting Fahim’s plea to stay the proceedings. Kasab and other suspected Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives killed 166 people in a three-day rampage in the city on November 26 last.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 13 Oct 2009 04:54

Kasab wants trial in International Court
ICJ, perhaps, a fetish with all Pakistanis ?

His reason for not moving this application earlier was that he was denied paper and pen.The accused spoke of his wish when asked by the judge.

Mr. Nikam said the court rejected Ajmal’s application.

The prosecution would move applications for contempt of court against the two accused.

amdavadi · Post by **amdavadi** » 13 Oct 2009 05:27

Lot of Indian citizens dont have faith in our court. Why waste court's time, just hang this a*s hole.

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 13 Oct 2009 06:11

Let him be.
Let him go through the slow drudgery of the court system where his inadequacies, his crime is brought face to face with him. He knows that there is only one outcome facing him.

What a sorry soul he is. At this age, no matter what he does, what he says, he is headed for the gallows. He should be made to understand that there is no place for him at his maker's abode. This sucker is in hell. His course mates back in Pakistan know about him in custody going through the court system, they will be scared of getting caught alive here.

I know what the prison system is like. The prisoners are divided into a sort of a caste system amongst themselves. The lowest amongst them are the rapists and the murderers. The prison population really looks down upon them, and the pressure can be quite bad apparently. This is slow punishment for him. One day when he has said all he needs to say, act all that he can act, he will be condemned.

chetak · Post by **chetak** » 13 Oct 2009 22:35

Gagan wrote:Let him be.
Let him go through the slow drudgery of the court system where his inadequacies, his crime is brought face to face with him. He knows that there is only one outcome facing him.

What a sorry soul he is. At this age, no matter what he does, what he says, he is headed for the gallows. He should be made to understand that there is no place for him at his maker's abode. This sucker is in hell. His course mates back in Pakistan know about him in custody going through the court system, they will be scared of getting caught alive here.

I know what the prison system is like. The prisoners are divided into a sort of a caste system amongst themselves. The lowest amongst them are the rapists and the murderers. The prison population really looks down upon them, and the pressure can be quite bad apparently. This is slow punishment for him. One day when he has said all he needs to say, act all that he can act, he will be condemned.

Kasab is parroting instructions given to him from porkiland. These instructions are being passed on to him through fahim ansari and gang.

The only thing left for kasab's masters to do is gain maximum publicity from kasab's "ill treatment".

He has already been sucked dry and " chemically" debriefed by the Indian intelligence. Confirmation of his many statements on the ground in porkiland will give rise to new leads.

At sharm el sheik the porkis misjudged the situation and showed their hand so unmistakably that even ( the shafted ) mms could not miss it after the national uproar.

So much for pappi jhappi.

Why are we responsible for democracy in porkiland?

They are after all an islamic state and haven't the faintest idea ( or intent ) of a democracy. An islamic state and democracy are mutually exclusive.

Finally, there is no difference between a civilian or army government
in porkiland as regards India. They need us to blame for their failure as a state.

Even a cursory glance at their urdu press will help one gauge the mind of their common unwashed abdul.

negi · Post by **negi** » 13 Oct 2009 23:57

This is even better given the state of affairs of judiciary in India I can bet that ICJ will be zillion times faster and more importantly publicize the issue internationally . Moreover this is a straightforward case with overwhelming evidence against the guilty so we have nothing to fear. Lets give him a 'FAIR' trial. Trust me this will cause more takleef to his handlers and strengthen India's case against the TSP .

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 18 Oct 2009 10:09

The drama continues in Pakistan
The defence lawyers are now boycotting the ATC and the judge postpones hearing by another week. Because of the gag order by the judge and the opaque manner in which the whole proceedings are taking place because of 'national security', nobody knows what is really happening. It is disingenuous to call it 'national security' because if at all any country should be bothered by national security, it should be India and the Indian trial is happening in a transparent manner after all. Unless Pakistan fears that the trial may bring out complicity of the Army and the Navy and similar embarrassing details, there is no 'national security' here for Pakistan.

A Pakistani anti-terror court conducting the trial of seven suspects, including Lashkkar-e-Tayiba commander Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, for alleged involvement in the Mumbai attacks adjourned the matter for a week on Saturday, even as defence lawyers boycotted the proceedings.

The lawyers boycotted the proceedings apparently to protest Judge Baqir Ali Rana's decision to formally charge the suspects in their absence at the last hearing on October 10,sources told PTI.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 18 Oct 2009 17:13

India to send key witness statements to Pakistan

Statements of key witnesses in the 26/11 case in an anti-terror court here will be forwarded by India to Pakistan to be used as evidence in the trial there, special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said on Sunday.

The court has allowed the prosecution's plea for certified copies of the statements and within a day or two they will be forwarded to Pakistan through diplomatic channels, Nikam said.

The statement of witnesses, includes the deposition of a magistrate before whom the lone captured Pakistani gunman Mohammad Ajmal Kasab had given a voluntary confession of his alleged involvement in the November 26 attacks here.

Besides, the statements would also include deposition of foreign nationals and seizures of some articles recovered from terror sites such as Hotels Taj and Oberoi and Nariman House, Nikam said.

The magistrate's statement is considered significant as she told the trial court that Kasab had disclosed before her that the conspiracy was hatched in Pakistan by Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives including alleged mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Laqvi, who is facing trial in a Pakistan court.

The statements would also cover deposition of FBI officers who told the trial court that mobile phones recovered from terror sites were used (by terrorists) to communicate with their Pakistani handlers during the terror siege.

vera_k · Post by **vera_k** » 19 Oct 2009 02:17

negi wrote:This is even better given the state of affairs of judiciary in India I can bet that ICJ will be zillion times faster and more importantly publicize the issue internationally . Moreover this is a straightforward case with overwhelming evidence against the guilty so we have nothing to fear. Lets give him a 'FAIR' trial. Trust me this will cause more takleef to his handlers and strengthen India's case against the TSP .

But India has not allowed the ICJ any jurisdiction over India-Pakistan disputes. The Pakistanis on the other hand are very fond of the ICJ and would tie us up in court on any number of issues if ICJ jurisdiction was accepted on Indo-Pak issues. They have already tried filing cases over the Atlantique incident and a claim about state sponsored terrorism by India in Kashmir.

Gagan · Post by **Gagan** » 19 Oct 2009 06:05

The atlantique case was thrown out of the ICJ because the court said it didn't have jurisdiction. Nawaz sharif had taken the matter to the ICJ then. In some ways it was a step that was taken to reduce some of the pressure on him , also that this had happened in the aftermath of Kargil had made things very difficult for him

One other time that the Pakistanis reached the world bank was over the Indus water sharing treaty specifically over the Baglihar dam. Now this was completely within what the pakistanis had signed. Ultimately this too accepted india's position, only asking that the height of the dam be limited to a certain level.

But this is all OT

Umrao Das · Post by **Umrao Das** » 19 Oct 2009 06:29

Closure of this thread is warranted as time has heeled everybody to profitable pastures

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 21 Oct 2009 20:20

Times Now Channel reports that the Pakistani judge in the ATC hearing the 26/11 case wants to quit hearing the case due to 'unavoidable reasons'.

Umrao Das, we will continue this thread till the logical end of the Mumbai terror case, which means for a long, long time. The thread helps collate all info in one place.

harbans · Post by **harbans** » 21 Oct 2009 20:24

Sridharji:

ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: In a possible setback to the trial of seven suspects arrested by Pakistani police for their involvement in the Mumbai terror
attacks, the judge hearing the case has said he can no longer continue with the proceedings. ( Watch Video )

Citing "unavoidable reasons", Judge Baqir Ali Rana of the anti-terrorism court, who has been conducting the trial within the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, has asked the Lahore High Court to be excused from hearing the case.

Rana sent a formal request to the Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court yesterday, saying he could not continue with the proceedings because of "unavoidable reasons".

The request is currently pending with the Chief Justice's office, officials said.

However, sources said that Rana took the step as he felt he was under pressure from the government and other quarters with regard to the trial of the seven suspects, including key Lashker-e-Taiba operatives Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and Zarar Shah.

The sources said Rana was also facing pressure from the lawyers of the seven suspects, who are unhappy about the trial being conducted in-camera.

The judge felt his position had been made "vulnerable" because of the move to conduct the proceedings behind closed doors.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/indi ... 144737.cms

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 21 Oct 2009 20:47

harbans wrote:
The judge felt his position had been made "vulnerable" because of the move to conduct the proceedings behind closed doors.

That was the question I raised before here. There is absolutely no reason for the ATC to conduct this case at least, behind closed doors, unless the Pakistani government thought that discussing the nefarious activities of LeT, JuD and Hafeez Saeed were matters of 'national security' in which case they are hiding things. This case should have been conducted along the lines that India is conducting its 26/11 case.

Besides, the judge raises a curious issue. It was the judge who ordered 'total gagging of court proceedings'. He threatened anyone who leaked anything with serious action. Now, he complains that the 'gag order' is suffocating himself ? Obviously, somebody ordered him to issue the 'gag order'. So much for the independence of judiciary that Rehman Malik keeps shouting at the top of his voice everytime India voices its frustration.

negi · Post by **negi** » 21 Oct 2009 20:49

Infact that is why I was all up for Kasab's plea for having the proceedings moved to ICJ , GOI should have then asked TSP to reciprocate and bring over the accused too under the ICJ panel.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 22 Oct 2009 06:35

Pakistan Judge & Counsel at Loggerheads

On Wednesday, the Lahore High Court took up an application for transfer of the case filed on Monday by Khwaja Sultan, who represents Zakiur Rehman, the operations commander of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, among the seven arrested for planning the Mumbai attacks from Pakistan.

Chief Justice Khwaja Muhammad Sharif referred the matter to Baqir Ali Rana, judge of Rawalpindi’s Anti-Terrorism Court 2 hearing the Mumbai attacks case, for his comments on the contents of the application.

“We have placed on record before the Lahore High Court our concerns that the judge [of the anti-terror court] is acting under directions from the Interior Minister,” Mr. Sultan, a top-notch criminal lawyer, told The Hindu.

Meanwhile, Mr. Rana has also approached the High Court with an application for the case to be transferred out of his court.

In a reference sent to the High Court on Tuesday, Mr. Rana said he could not hear the case “for unavoidable reasons.”

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 22 Oct 2009 13:46

More games being played by Pakistan and its judiciary.

Supreme Court imposes a fine of Rs 10,000 on Federal and Punjab governments in Hafeez Saeed case

The Supreme Court has adjourned the hearing of a petition filed against release of under surveillance chief of Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) Hafiz Mohammad Saeed for one month.

The apex court imposed fine of Rs10, 000 on federation and Punjab government for delaying the case and their non-cooperative attitude.

A full bench of Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the petition filed by the government against release of Hafiz Saeed. At the start of the hearing, the court was informed that counselor of Punjab government is busy in another case after which the hearing was adjourned temporarily. Later, the SC adjourned the hearing for a month after imposing the fine on federation and Punjab government.

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 24 Oct 2009 18:30

Pakistani judge hearing 26/11 case is replaced

A new judge was on Saturday appointed to conduct the crucial trial of seven key suspects in the Mumbai terror attack case, replacing Judge Baqir Ali Rana who asked to be taken off citing "security issues".

There were reports that Rana received threats from the LeT because the suspects were indicted in the absence of their lawyers during a hearing on October 10.

Rana was also reportedly unhappy about pressure from the government regarding the case, sources said.

Ameet · Post by **Ameet** » 25 Oct 2009 12:56

HBO Documentary Films doing a special, titled "Terror in Mumbai". Will be premiering on Nov 19th.

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-4819 ... ism-on-HBO

Terror in Mumbai is a new documentary about terrorism in India, set to debut on HBO on November 19, 2009. Co-produced by HBO with UK Channel 4, Terror in Mumai uses exclusive accounts and telephone intercepts of terrorists to chronicle the 2008 attack on the largest city in India. Fareed Zakaria narrates the first ever 360 degree view of this harrowing terrorist act.

Terror in Mumbai expands on the acclaimed British version of the documentary. Mumbai born Fareed Zakaria, CNN host and Newsweek International editor, apears on camera in the opening and closing of the film.

The documentary, directed by award winner Dan Reed (HBO’s “Terror in Moscow”), recounts in harrowing detail the bloody events of a 60-hour period in 2008 when ten young Pakistani men unleashed coordinated attacks across the city of Mumbai, leaving more than 170 people dead. Terror in Mumbai features exclusive intercepted audio tapes of the cell phone calls between the young gunmen and their controllers in Pakistan, and interrogation footage of the sole surviving gunman, the documentary debuts Thursday, November 19 (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, one week before the first anniversary of the attacks.

TERROR IN MUMBAI is produced and directed by Dan Reed; narrated and introduced by Fareed Zakaria; executive producer, Eamonn Matthews; associate producer, Hussain Zaidi; editors, Stefan Ronowicz, Tom Appleby and Sunshine Jackson. For Channel 4: executive producer, Kevin Sutcliffe. For HBO: senior producer, Nancy Abraham; executive producer, Sheila Nevins.

Avinash R · Post by **Avinash R** » 25 Oct 2009 17:11

Pak plans to push terrorists to create mayhem in India: PC

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pak-p ... pc/532992/

Pakistan-based terror organisations Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen are planning to infiltrate terrorists into India to "create mayhem", Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Sunday, asserting that the country's security forces were, however, prepared to meet any external threat.

He said Pakistan has no (no) will to prosecute and punish the perpetrators of last year's Mumbai attacks and voiced concern over the spread of Taliban in that country, apprehending that the danger could spread to the rest of South Asia including India.

"We go by the information or intelligence that we are able to gather. Our assessment of the inputs flowing into India is that the LeT, the JeM and the Hizbul Mujahideen are planning to infiltrate terrorists into India.

"Now obviously they are not (not) trying to infiltrate for tourism purposes. They are being infiltrated to India to create mayhem here. Therefore, we say that the threat level has not (not) diminished. That is what the Prime Minister said (in the Commanders Conference). There are many attempts which have been foiled even before they could (materialise)," he said in an interview.

Asked how well prepared the country was to meet terrorism inspired from across the border, Chidambaram said, "We are prepared to meet any external threat. As I said, we are building capacity every day, every week, every month. But, in today's world, being vigilant and alert is a 24/7 function."

So the danger remains and we are getting better prepared? Chidambaram was asked. He replied, "I cannot do anything to the source of the threat that is emanating from another country. I can only make my best effort to building capacity in this country to meet any terror threat or terror attack, which is what we are doing."

In reply to a query on the lack of seriousness on Pakistan's part to bring to book the masterminds of the Mumbai attack based in that country and what was the way out to pressure Islamabad, he said there was no (no) way out.

"It is quite clear that the Pakistan government has no (no) intention and certainly no (no) will to prosecute and punish Hafiz Sayeed (founder-chief of LeT) and a few others who we know only by their code names or pseudonyms -- Major General Saab, Kafa or Kaka, Salahuddin. We don't know who they are but we know that they played an active part in the training of the 10 terrorists who were despatched to India."

Chidambaram said the Pakistan government certainly has no (no) will to prosecute and punish them. Now, even the judge named for the trial has let the cat out of the bag by saying why would a judge quit unless he was under pressure from "wrong quarters".

He was referring to the decision of a judge of a Lahore court hearing the case against Hafiz Sayeed under terrorism charges, who had a few days ago quit his post.

"I have always been very skeptical about the Pakistan government's attitude to punishing the perpetrators of the 26/11 outrage. I remain skeptical. There is nothing more I can do except when there is an opportunity to highlight it so that the world takes notice of Pakistan's intransigence or incapacity," the Home Minister said.

He gave this reply when he was asked about his open expression of helplessness with Pakistan some time ago when he had said that would be the last time he would be answering questions from Pakistan on dossiers India had supplied regarding the Mumbai attacks.

To a question on the spurt in terrorism within Pakistan, at India's doorstep Lahore, Islamabad and other places and whether it was a real danger to India, Chidambaram said, " I feel very sad for Pakistan. I also feel deeply concerned for the whole of South Asia. It appears that the Taliban or whoever the groups are can strike at will anywhere in Pakistan -- Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Islamabad.

"If this is not (not) contained, the danger can spread to the rest of South Asia. Obviously, India could at sometime in the future become a target."

SSridhar · Post by **SSridhar** » 26 Oct 2009 07:33

Ameet wrote:HBO Documentary Films doing a special, titled "Terror in Mumbai". Will be premiering on Nov 19th.

Why has no Indian channel produced a comprehensive documentary ? After all, these channels were doing live coverage for 3 days and should have extensive footage. All they they need to get from the GoI are government's inputs wherever they can be 'released'.

vera_k · Post by **vera_k** » 26 Oct 2009 07:47

^^^

But there would be too many uncomfortable questions raised by an Indian documentary. The government would not want that, and the Opposition is is no shape to fund such an endeavour.