A Pakistani court yesterday adjourned for a second time a hearing for seven suspects accused by India of plotting the deadly Mumbai attacks last year, a lawyer said. Ne Delhi has been pressuring Islamabad to speed up the probe of Pakistani militants believed to be behind the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people.
India and Washington blamed the attacks on Pakistan's banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the siege stalled a fragile four-year peace process between the two nuclear-armed South Asian rivals.
"The hearing has been adjourned until the 10th of October," said Shahbaz Rajput, a defence lawyer representing two of the suspects.
Because the proceedings at an anti-terrorism court are going on behind closed doors, Rajput said the could not disclose the reason for the second postponement, or give any details of the case. The seven accused were present at yesterday's proceedings. The hearing had originally been scheduled to begin on July 25, but was postponed then as the judge was on leave.
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