Islamabad, March 27: A Pakistani anti-terror court conducting the trial of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba’s Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six others accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks on Saturday dismissed the prosecution’s application for naming Ajmal Kasab and Fahim Ansari as "proclaimed offenders" or fugitives.
Judge Malik Muhammed Akram Awan, who is conducting the trial within the Adiala jail for security reasons, rejected the application a week after hearing the prosecution and defence lawyers.
"The prosecution’s application for declaring Kasab and Fahim Ansari as proclaimed offenders was dismissed by the judge" during proceedings, Shahbaz Rajput, one of the defence lawyers, said. —PTI