Largest Bank in Pakistan Faces Liability for Terrorist Attacks

Habib Bank Ltd. failed to shake off claims of aiding and abetting al-Qaeda terrorism and joining in a conspiracy to launch attacks that killed or injured 370 plaintiffs or their family members.

Habib, the largest commercial bank in Pakistan, faces secondary liability under the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act as a party that “aids and abets, by knowingly providing substantial assistance, or who conspires with the person who committed such an act of international terrorism,” Judge Lorna G. Schofield said Wednesday.

The plaintiffs in the three consolidated cases sufficiently allege that the attacks were planned or authorized by an ...