Pakistan's judicial commission, which arrived in Mumbai on Thursday, will record the statements of witnesses in connection with 26/11 Mumbai terror attack case today and on Saturday. Rediff.com's Toral Varia Deshpande, who is tracking the commission, reports that the defence lawyers of the panel are prepared to make one last ditch to 'cross examine' the witnesses.
While Pakistan's judicial commission starts off on its mission to collect evidence against 26/11 Mumbai terror attack perpetrator Zaki-ur-rehman Lakhvi and his co-conspirators by recording the statements of the 4 important witnesses, the 'cross examination' of these witnesses is becoming the bone of contention within the commission members.
Rediff.com has learnt that after several rounds of communications and deliberations, India and Pakistan had come to an in-principle agreement on general line of questioning and the functioning of the commission.
One of the key clauses agreed by Pakistan was that 'India will not allow the cross examination of any witnesses'. However, India will allow examination-in-chief (recording of statements) of the witnesses.'
According to the defence lawyers accompanying the Pakistani
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