Pak court adjourns 26/11 suspects’ trial till March 19

Islamabad: A Pakistani court today adjourned till March 19 the trial of LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six other suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks after prosecution lawyers boycotted proceedings when they were not allowed to take their security details into the makeshift courtroom in a heavily guarded prison.
The prosecution team went to Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, where the proceedings are being conducted behind closed doors for security reasons, with its paramilitary guards.
However, prison officials said regulations did not allow the armed escort to go into the jail, sources told.
The prison officials said security had been further tightened at the jail as proceedings in two more high-profile cases related to the assassinations of former premier Benazir Bhutto and Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer were scheduled for today, the sources said.