The Times of India: Pakistan sacks 26/11 prosecutor for not 'taking govt line'

The Times of India: Pakistan sacks 26/11 prosecutor for not 'taking govt line'
In this file photo, photographers run past burning Taj Mahal Hotel during a gun battle in Mumbai Nov. 29, 2008. (REUTERS)
Updated 30 April 2018 11:57
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The Times of India: Pakistan sacks 26/11 prosecutor for not 'taking govt line'

The Times of India: Pakistan sacks 26/11 prosecutor for not 'taking govt line'

April 30: The Times of India report by Omer Farooq Khan states that in a blow to India's efforts to bring 26/11 perpetrators to justice, Pakistan's interior ministry removed the chief prosecutor from the nine-year-old case for his "unbiased and independent" approach towards the issue, something which was not considered by authorities synchronized with the government's line, an official privy to the development was quoted by the media as saying on Sunday. The move comes two days after the US urged Pakistan to fully cooperate with India to investigate the Mumbai attacks. "We want to see justice done and we continue to urge Pakistani cooperation," Mark Toner, US State Department spokesperson had said on Friday.

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