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Lakhvi lawyers ask court to disregard Qasab's statement
Updated On: 24 November, 2009 03:13 PM IST | | PTI
A Pakistani anti-terror court has been told to disregard the statement of the sole surviving Mumbai attacker Ajmal Amir Qasab, by lawyers defending LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, as they claimed it was inadmissible under Pakistani laws.
A Pakistani anti-terror court has been told to disregard the statement of the sole surviving Mumbai attacker Ajmal Amir Qasab, by lawyers defending LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, as they claimed it was inadmissible under Pakistani laws.
Arguing in the court, the lawyers said copies of Qasab's statement were uncertified and unattested and could not be used to frame charges against their client and six other men accused of involvement in the Mumbai attacks. "The said documents are neither certified copies of the original nor can be used or proved under provisions of Sub-Article 5 of Article 89 of Qanoon-e-Shahdat (Pakistan's law of testimony)," said the application, a copy of which was accessed by PTI.
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