Islamabad, July 28 (ANI): An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan hearing the Mumbai terror attacks case has adjourned the proceedings to August 4, according to a report.
During the hearing, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) produced two witnesses, but the court did not get their statements on record.
The case was being heard by ATC Judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman, the Dawn reports.
According to the report, the court also issued summons for five witnesses to appear at the next hearing.
The judge reiterated that the commission constituted for recording the testimonies of four witnesses of the attacks in India was not allowed to cross-examine Indian prosecution witnesses.
He said that the commission's issue needed to be resolved before the statements of the two witnesses could be recorded.
According to the report, the judge added that the testimonies of the two witnesses were linked to the prosecution witnesses in India.
On July 17, the court declared the findings of the commission constituted for recording the testimonies of witnesses in India as 'illegal'.
It also said that the defence counsel for seven suspected abettors of the Mumbai attacks had not been given the right of cross-examining the Indian prosecution witnesses and, subsequently, the FIA could not use the statements of Indian witnesses against the seven suspects. (ANI)
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