A Pakistani anti-terror court on Wednesday rejected an application seeking acquittal of Lashkar-e-Toiba chief Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi and six others charged with helping plan and execute the Mumbai attacks. It also turned down an application by the suspects for Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested alive during the attacks, to be brought to Pakistan from India for trial. <br/><br/>Judge Malik Muhammad Akram Awan, who is conducting the trial within Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi for security reasons, directed the prosecution to present evidence against the accused at the next hearing on 16th of January. He rejected the applications filed by the suspects after hearing arguments by defence lawyers and the prosecution, which told the court that it has strong evidence against the accused. The accused — Lakhvi, Zarar Shah, Abu al-Qama, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younas Anjum — were last year formally charged with planning and helping execute the assault on India's financial hub in November 2008.