Lawyers for seven Pakistanis accused of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks Monday said the case against them "lacks evidence", a day before the fifth anniversary of the assault that left 166 people dead. Rizwan Abbasi, a lawyer for the men, on Monday said the Indians only had themselves to blame for the slow progress.
"This case has many legal flaws and lacks evidence. It is being delayed in Pakistan because India has failed to provide required evidence against the accused," he told a news conference.
The only gunman to survive the siege, Pakistani-born Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, was tried in Mumbai and hanged late last year for waging war against India, murder and terrorist attacks.
"By hanging Kasab, India destroyed the only living evidence of these attacks and created problems for investigations in Pakistan," Abbasi said. Abbasi claimed the dossiers handed over by India contained only "information and no solid evidence".
"There was also no proof that the attackers had any link with my clients because the phone numbers Indian authorities said were used for the contacts were not of Pakistani companies," he said.