Lakhvi counsel to challenge indictment

The indictment of LeT leader Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects by a Pakistani anti-terror court for planning and helping execute the 26/11 attacks will be challenged in the Lahore High Court as authorities have no solid evidence against them,the militant commanders lawyer said on Sunday.

Lakhvis counsel Khwaja Sultan Ahmed said he would file a petition in the Lahore High Court to challenge the indictment before the next hearing of the case in the anti-terror court on December 5. Mere propaganda against the accused will not be enough to convict them, he said. I dont think the government has any solid evidence against the accused. The court has indicted them under pressure (from the Interior Ministry) and I am quite hopeful that the Lahore High Court will undo it, Ahmed said.

Ahmed was of the view that there are also many loopholes in the case against Kasab in India. He said if the Pakistan government allowed him to do so,he would be willing to go to India and challenge lawyers here in the case.