India summons Pakistan envoy over Mumbai trial delays


FE Team | Published: July 26, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00



NEW DELHI, July 25 (AFP): India summoned a top Pakistani diplomat Friday, two days after announcing resumption of foreign-secretary-level talks, to voice unhappiness over repeated delays in the trial of seven men accused in the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks.
"We asked them to ensure a mechanism whereby Indian diplomats in their country get regular briefings about the Mumbai terror trial and related investigations," a foreign ministry official told AFP.
The trial, which began in 2012 and is being conducted by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court, was adjourned for the seventh time on Wednesday, according to the Press Trust of India.
India blames the three-day rampage in November 2008 on the outlawed Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The attacks killed 166 people and strained further relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
"Pakistan's deputy high commissioner in New Delhi was summoned to the foreign ministry," said the official, who asked not to be identified.

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