The trial of seven Pakistani suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks was adjourned on Saturday till May 18 due to the killing of the main prosecutor in the case.
According to details, prosecutors from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) asked Judge Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman of the Anti-Terrorism Court to adjourn the case as chief prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali was killed in Islamabad on Friday.
The judge accepted the request and adjourned the case for a fortnight during proceedings held behind closed doors.
It is not immediately known whether the FIA will appoint a new chief prosecutor in place of Zulfiqar Ali or if the case will be taken over by his deputy Chaudhry Azhar.
Ali was killed by unidentified gunmen near his home in Islamabad in an execution-style drive-by shooting on Friday. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
Besides the Mumbai attacks case, Zulfiqar Ali was also handling the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, over which former president Pervez Musharraf was recently arrested by the FIA.
