The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday reserved its decision on a petition filed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), seeking time to present 19 Indian witnesses in the Mumbai attack case. A divisional bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiyani reserved the judgment after hearing FIA officials’ arguments. FIA officials informed the bench that the department had located 19 more witnesses in the case and sought permission to produce them before an anti-terrorism court hearing the Mumbai attack case. Officials said that the ATC had earlier rejected the FIA request to produce witnesses before the court. After hearing the arguments, the bench reserved its judgment.
Earlier, the IHC had turned down FIA’s request to halt the Mumbai attack case proceedings in ATC.
Published in Daily Times, February 8th 2019.
