Pakistan court delays Mumbai case

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A brief hearing has been held in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi in the case of five men accused of involvement in last year's Mumbai (Bombay) attacks.

No charges were read and the court was adjourned until 29 August, legal officials said.

More than 160 people died last November when gunmen targeted the Indian city.

Pakistani officials say the trial is evidence of the seriousness with which Pakistan has pursued the suspects, despite Indian claims to the contrary.

India blames Pakistan-based militant organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba for the attacks and wants Pakistan to act strongly against it.

Pakistan has admitted the attacks were partly planned on its soil and the two countries have suffered seriously strained relations.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik says one of the five men in the dock is accused of masterminding the attacks and the other four of acting as facilitators.

Hearings are being held behind closed doors in a maximum security prison.

The sole gunman to survive the attacks, Mohammad Ajmal Amir Qasab, pleaded guilty to 86 charges including murder and waging war against India in court in Mumbai earlier this week.