Pakistan Moves Supreme Court Against Order That Could Lead to 26/11 Plotter Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's Release
Thursday, 1 January 2015
Pakistan Moves Supreme Court Against Order That Could Lead to 26/11 Plotter Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's Release
New Delhi:
The Pakistan government today challenged a court order
suspending the detention of 26/11 accused Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi after he
was granted bail on December 18.
The Interior Ministry of Pakistan has moved Supreme Court against the Islamabad High Court order.
Lakhvi is still in jail after Pakistan detained him in an abduction case on Tuesday, hours after the Islamabad High Court suspended his detention and ordered his conditional release.
A furious India had on Monday summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit to register its protest against the court order that would allow Lakhvi to walk free.
Lakhvi had submitted a Rs. 1 million surety bond and was to be freed from a jail in Rawalpindi, adjacent to capital Islamabad, but was rearrested before that.
Lakhvi has been in jail since 2009 for the attack in Mumbai in 2008, in which 166 people were killed. Earlier this month, an anti-terror court said there was not enough evidence to prove Lakhvi's role in the worst-ever terror attack in India.
Lakhvi is one of seven people on trial in Pakistan for the siege of Mumbai, but the trial has produced no results so far. India has repeatedly warned Pakistan that the glacial pace of the trial is unacceptable and undermines Pakistan's stated position on checking terrorism.
Indian investigators have submitted voice samples and other evidence that reveal Lakhvi talking on satellite phones to the 10 terrorists who sailed into Mumbai and attacked its most famous landmarks.