Islamabad, Nov 25 (IANS) A Pakistani court Wednesday finally charged Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) leader Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six others for last year’s Mumbai terror attack that left 166 people dead.
Lakhvi and the others were charged under Pakistan’s anti-terrorism act and criminal code, BBC reported. Their lawyers said all seven have pleaded not guilty.
After initially [...]
Lahore, Oct. 20 (ANI): The man convicted for attacking a Police Training Academy in Manawan in March has been sentenced to only ten years in jail – far less than the maximum punishment allowed under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Hijratullah, who was arrested Hijratullah near a makeshift helipad at the Manawan police training centre on March 30 [...]
Islamabad, Oct. 20 (ANI): A Pakistani nuclear scientist is among 32 members of banned terror organization Hizb- ut-Tahrir who were arrested from Islamabad on Sunday.
Rizwan Aleem, a nuclear scientist and a PhD student at the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology is currently being interrorgated by the Islamabad Police.
According to Daily Times, [...]
Islamabad, Oct.18 (ANI): The Islamabad police on Sunday arrested 35 people belonging to a banned terror organization Hizb- ut-Tahrir, including their key leaders.
The activists of the banned organization, which included highly qualified persons such as computer engineers, telecom engineers, environment scientists, civil engineers, businessman and an officer of US-Aid project, have been booked under Anti-Terrorism [...]
Lahore, Oct 12 (IANS) Citing a bureaucratic lapse, the Lahore High Court Monday dismissed two cases filed under the anti-terrorism act against Hafiz Saeed who India says masterminded the 26/11 Mumbai carnage.
‘I argued in court that the Punjab (provincial) government had not proscribed the JuD (Jamaat-ud Dawa that Saeed heads) even though the UN had [...]
New York, Sep 24 (IANS) In a startling volte face, Pakistan admitted Thursday that Hafiz Saeed, the alleged mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks had not been arrested as had previously been thought, saying this would ‘take time’.
At the same time, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that the prosecution of Saeed, the founder [...]
Islamabad, Sep.24 (ANI): Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafeez Mohammad Saeed’s lawyer, A K Dogar, has filed a petition in a court seeking Saeed’s release from house arrest.
Saeed, the alleged Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and chief of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) was placed under house arrest four [...]
New York, Sept 21 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S. M. Krishna has said that India would be interested to see how Pakistan proceeds with reference to the Mumbai terror attacks.
Talking to a private TV channel here, Krishna said: “India’s position has always been consistent that those responsible for the Mumbai attack be brought to justice.”
In [...]
Chennai, Sept 21 (ANI): Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram today said that Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed should be interrogated for the Mumbai terror attacks.
Chidambaram after inaugurating non-stop Chennai-New Delhi Duronto Express said that entire evidence against Saeed’s involvement in the 26/11 attacks is present in [...]
New Delhi/Lahore, Sep 18 (IANS) With Washington and New Delhi ratcheting up pressure on it over the Mumbai attack probe, the Pakistan police have filed two complaints against suspected terror mastermind Hafiz Saeed ahead of the month-end meeting between the foreign ministers of India and Pakistan in New York.
Police in Faisalabad Thursday lodged two first [...]
New Delhi, Sept 18 (ANI): Pressurising Pakistan, the United States said it wanted swift and mighty punishment against the perpetrators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
Speaking to reporters, after a meeting with Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram, the United States Ambassador to [...]
Mumbai, Aug 28(ANI): The Bombay High Court Friday admitted an appeal filed by suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) member Ashrat Ansari challenging capital punishment awarded to him by a POTA (Prevention of Anti Terrorism Act) court.
The POTA court had sentenced Hanif Sayed Anees (46), [...]
