LAHORE*: *An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore has fixed December 7 forframing charges of alleged terror financing against Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD)chief Hafiz Saeed and others.
Saeed, along with JuD Deputy Emir Hafiz Abdul Rehman Makki, Hafiz AbdulSalam bin Mohammad, Professor Zafar Iqbal, Mohammad Ashraf, Yahya Aziz andothers, was presented before the court on Saturday amid heightened security.
According to Deputy Prosecutor General Abdul Rauf Watoo, the ATC JudgeMalik Arshad Bhutta was provided copies of nearly two dozen casesregistered against the JuD leaders.
Watoo said as per the law, the trial began after the provision of copies tothe court and the first step of a trial is indictment. Later, the state’scounsel requested the court to hold hearings of the case on daily basissince the copies.
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Lawyers for the JuD leaders pleaded the court to give them one week so thatthey could study the documents. When the state counsel pressed for dailyhearings, Judge Bhutta said, “The law binds us to hold a fair trial withproperly prepared arguments. That is why everyone should be given time.”
