Defence lawyers filed an application asking anti-terrorism court Judge Shahid Rafique to appoint a coordinator who could facilitate the working of the commission in India.
A Pakistani court conducting the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the Mumbai attacks on Saturday adjourned the case till March 6 after defence lawyers asked the judge to appoint a "coordinator" for a judicial commission's visit to India to interview key officials.
Defence lawyers filed an application asking anti-terrorism court Judge Shahid Rafique to appoint a coordinator who could facilitate the working of the commission in India.
The panel is scheduled to visit Mumbai between March 12 and 22.
The defence lawyers informed the court that the members of the commission were yet to be provided the itinerary of the visit and other details, such as where they would stay in Mumbai and whom they would meet.
They further said the report of the chief investigation officer who probed the 2008 Mumbai incident had not been provided to them despite a direction from the court to prosecution lawyers.
Chief prosecutor Chaudhry Zulifqar Ali informed the judge that the itinerary for the commission's visit would be finalised once the Indian government finalises arrangements and informs Pakistani authorities, sources told PTI.
Ali said the Indian investigator's report had been sought from Indian authorities but was yet to be received.
The judge directed prosecutors to submit a reply to the application from the defence lawyers by March 6.
Khwaja Haris Ahmed, the counsel for Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, told PTI that a coordinator should be appointed for the commission's visit to India.
He said he had also written to the federal government on this issue.
Ahmed claimed the prosecution was resorting to "delaying tactics" and had not obtained the report of the chief investigation officer in Mumbai despite the court's observation.
The Indian government had earlier asked Pakistan to send the commission between February 1 and 10.
However, the panel could not go ahead with the visit due to various reasons, including questions that were raised about its constitution.
The Pakistani commission is scheduled to interview the magistrate who recorded the confession of Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving attacker, the police officer who led the investigation in Mumbai and two doctors who conducted the autopsies of the terrorists and victims.
Lakhvi and six other suspects have been charged with planning, financing and executing the attacks that killed 166 people in November 2008.
However, their trial has stalled over various technical issues for the past year.
Pakistani prosecutors have said the commission's visit to India is necessary to take forward the trial.
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