KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) appointed on Saturday M R Syed, advocate, defence counsel for seven activists of the Jundullah facing charges of attacking the motorcade of then Corps Commander Karachi in June last year, at state expense for proceeding with the trial halted for the past seven months. The court had ordered the appointment of defence counsel for Jundullah activists Ataullah, Shahzad Bajwa, Danish Imam, Rao Khalid, Khurrum Saifullah, Mohammad Shoaib and Adnan Shah, as the accused despite several warnings had been unable to engage their lawyers for their defence. All 11 activists of the banned outfit pleaded not guilty when the ATC Judge, Feroz Mehmood Bhatti, charged them with attacking the motorcade of then Corps Commander of Karachi Lt-Gen Ahsan Saleem Hayat on June 10, 2004 in Clifton in which 10 people were killed, including six army personnel and three policemen, and 10 others were injured. Syed, who is also representing one of the 11 accused, Mohammad Uzair, said the court had appointed him defence counsel for other seven accused at state expense. "The court ordered that the case will proceed on the next date of hearing which has been fixed for May 9," he added.