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Pakistan adjourns ‘militant’ case

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Profile: Hafiz Mohammad Saeed

Mr Saeed's release order is likely to alarm India.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has adjourned a hearing that sought the re-arrest of the head of an Islamic charity in connection with the Mumbai attacks.

A lawyer acting for Hafiz Saeed said the court had adjourned the hearing indefinitely because the prosecution was not prepared for the case.

Mr Saeed heads Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a charity accused of being a front for the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group.

He denies any involvement in the Mumbai (Bombay) attacks of November 2008.

More than 170 people were killed, nine of them gunmen. India blames Lashkar-e-Taiba for the attacks.

The government wants Mr Saeed returned to custody.

He was released in June by a Lahore court which found insufficient evidence for his continued detention.


This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.

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 Pakistan adjourns militant case

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