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Pakistan anti-terrorism court holds marathon hearing in terror-financing case against Hafiz Saeed, three associates
•Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's lawyers on Wednesday presented their arguments for six hours before a Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court to defend him in a terror-financing case
Hafiz Saeed gets breather in terror financing trial after authorities fail to produce co-accused; next hearing on 11 Dec
•Counter-Terrorism Department of Punjab Police had registered 23 FIRs against Saeed and his accomplices on charges of 'terror financing' and arrested JuD chief on 17 July
Pakistan court dismisses plea to drop terrorism charges against Pervez Musharraf owing to his lawyer’s absence during hearings
•The former military ruler has been seeking deletion of terrorism charges and subsequent transfer of his case from the ATC to the sessions court.
Pakistan's anti-terrorism court extends 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s judicial custody until 7 August
•An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan extended the judicial custody of 26/11 mastermind and UN-proscribed terrorist Hafiz Saeed until 7 August. Hafiz Saeed, the chief of terror outfit LeT, was arrested on last Wednesday over charges related to terror financing. His arrest came just two days after an ATC in Lahore granted interim bail to him.
Days after Spicejet mishap, DGCA tells airlines to factor in alternative destination during flight planning in bad weather
•Aviation regulator DGCA Friday said that in cases of adverse weather or airport limitation, airlines must factor in the alternative destination during the flight planning stage itself
Tata Teleservices in talks with ATC to sell entire stake in mobile tower business for Rs 2,500 cr
•Tata Teleservices sold half of its 26 percent stake and IDFC its entire stake in mobile tower company ATC TIPL to majority shareholder American Tower Corporation (ATC) for Rs 2,940 crore.
Air Traffic Control averts mid-air collision of three foreign airlines near Delhi; AAIB launches probe
•In a rare incident, three planes of three foreign airlines, carrying hundreds of passengers, came perilously close in the Delhi flight information region and collisions were averted after multiple auto-generated warnings and intervention from ATC, an official said on Friday.
Internal inquiry set up by Air India Express after Trichy-Dubai flight hit ATC compound wall; DGCA informed about incident
•An internal inquiry has been set up by Air India Express after their Dubai-bound flight from Trichy, with 136 passengers on board, hit the Air Traffic Control (ATC) compound wall on Thursday at the Trichy Airport.
Idea-Vodafone merger comes closer as DoT clears Rs 4,000 cr Idea-ATC mobile tower deal
•The standalone tower businesses of Vodafone and Idea have a combined portfolio of nearly 20,000 towers, which included around 10,200 towers of Vodafone and the rest of Idea.
Kathmandu plane crash: ATC's rush to scapegoat pilot appalling, seems like a deliberate attempt to deflect blame
Bikram Vohra •It is appalling that the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport could so cavalierly discuss the pilot’s alleged refusal to obey orders and indict the flight deck minutes into the accident.