Court’s terrorism decision reviewed
From Times Wire Reports
A court in Pakistan delayed a lower court’s decision to drop terrorism charges against a British man suspected in an alleged plot to bomb transatlantic passenger jets, a lawyer said.
Rashid Rauf, a British Muslim of Pakistani origin, was arrested in August.
A terrorism court in Rawalpindi ruled that the charges against Rauf did not fall under terrorism laws and ordered him to a regular court on charges related to possession of explosive materials and forged documents.
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