Mumbai attack case: Pakistan for formation of judicial commission

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Mumbai attack case: Pakistan for formation of judicial commission

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Pakistan wrote a letter to India, seeking permission for cross examination of attacks witnesses.

31 July,2012 06:07 pm

Pakistani government wrote to its Indian counterpart to form a judicial commission for cross-examination of key witnesses in the Mumbai attack case following trial courts rejection of the findings of a judicial commission that visited India to gather evidence.Pakistan court had ordered that cross-examination of eye witnesses was essential in order to fulfil legal requirements.Earlier, An anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven Pakistani suspects charged with planning, financing and executing the 2008 Mumbai attacks yesterday declared as illegal the findings of the Pakistani judicial commission that visited India in March.Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman said another commission could be sent to Mumbai if the governments of India and Pakistan agreed to allow the cross-examination of witnesses.He further said the testimonies of four Indian witnesses could be used by prosecutors against the Pakistani accused only if Indian authorities allowed defence lawyers to cross-examine the witnesses.