Case against news channel that aired Kasab's Pak link

NEW DELHI: Pakistan���s judiciary on Friday enthusiastically backed the state���s efforts to shrug off terror charges by admitting a petition seeking registration of a case against Geo News channel for beaming a report that said the arrested Mumbai attacker Ajmal Amir is a resident of a village in the Punjab province.

Setting aside an objection raised by the court registrar���s office, Lahore High Court���s acting Chief Justice Mian Najamuzzaman admitted the petition seeking registration of a case against the employees and owners of the channel. Reports from Islamabad said Pakistan People���s Party leader Sardar Hur Bukhari filed the petition in his personal capacity.

On Tuesday, the registrar���s office had objected to the petition, saying it fell under the jurisdiction of subordinate courts, and advised Mr Bukhari to avail that remedy first.

Mr Bukhari said he had filed an application with police for registering a case against Geo News��� Lahore bureau chief, reporters and cameraman as well as owners of the channel for beaming the report which had ���damaged Pakistan���s image��� across the world. But police had refused to register a case, he added.