Hearing in Naval College attack case adjourned

LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Thursday put off hearing on the appeal of a convict of attacking Naval War College by March 10 for final arguments.
The bench after hearing partial arguments from the counsel of the convict and a deputy prosecutor general asked them to complete their arguments on next date of the hearing.The bench was holding proceedings on appeal of Nadeem Hussain convict of facilitating suicide attackers on Naval War College, Lahore on March 4, 2008, killing four Navy employees and injuring 21 others.
Nadeem in his appeal submitted that the trial court awarded him life imprisonment after associating him with a role of facilitating the suicide attackers. He said the order was based on insufficient witnesses and proofs against him. He requested the court to acquit him after exonerating him from these charges.
Appearing before the court, deputy prosecutor general Khurram Khan submitted that the prosecution had solid proofs against the convict which led the court to punish him. He said he facilitated the attackers in reaching and attacking the college. He said his appeal should be dismissed for being baseless. After hearing the arguments, the bench adjourned the hearing till March 10.