Pakistan notifies 26/11 panel

Pakistan has issued a notification on the formation of a judicial commission that will visit India to interview key officials and witnesses linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks. But lawyers for seven Pakistani suspects, including LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, said they would not join the panel due to security concerns. The delegation will include Khalid Qureshi, the head of the Federal Investigation Agency’s Special Investigation Group, and Muhammad Azhar Chaudhry and Chaudhry Zulifqar, the two main prosecutors. The notification further said that representatives of the defence lawyers too would be part of the commission.