Islamabad High Court Dismisses The Detention Of 26/11 Master Mind Lakhvi

Justice Noor ul Haq Qureshi of Islamabad High Court in pakistan has dismissed the notification for the detention of 26/11 accused and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. The court has issued an interim order to release Lakhvi.

The court has said that that Pakistan government's order for the detention can't be deemed legal as Lakhvi had been granted bail by the anti-terror court and anti-terror court's decision can't be reversed by civil court. 

Indian Ministry of External Affairs has said that it will take the issue to Pakistan.

Lakhvi is one of the Pakistani nationals who are accused of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, which rendered 166 people dead and left several injured. A number of foreign nationals were also amongst the victims.

An Islamabad anti-terror court granted him bail on 18 December citing lack of evidence. But before he could be released from jail, the government of Pakistan, under serious pressure from Indian government, detained him for 3 months under Maintenance of Public Order act.

The bail granted to Lakhvi drew severe criticism from all quarters of the world especially from India. PM Modi called it "traumatizing for every Indian."

Lakhvi and six other Pakistani nationals - Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum - have been charged with plotting and executing the gory attack on the financial capital of India. The trial is underway since 2009.

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Mumbai Terror Master Mind, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Will Have To Remain In Jail

26/11 Mumbai terror attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi has again been detained today after an anti-terrorism court granted him bail yesterday. The man has been kept behind the bars under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) act, a leading Pakistan newspaper has said.

The decision comes after the Pakistan government decided to appeal against the bail in a higher court. 

"We are going to challenge the bail order of Lakhvi. We will go to Islamabad High Court on Monday to file the application" government prosecutor Chaudhry Azhar told Reuters.

This decision of the Pakistan government comes after the bail incident caused a huge uproar in India. And the India's Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh urged the Pakistan govt. to get the bail cancelled.

India's foreign ministry's spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said, "Despite repeated assurances that have been received, we have seen both the prosecution of the seven accused in the Anti-Terror Court in Islamabad, as also the investigation by the authorities into the larger conspiracy surrounding the Mumbai attack case, proceeding at a glacial pace."

"We have, therefore, forthwith communicated to Pakistan through diplomatic channels our strong concerns on this matter and the sentiments across the spectrum of Indian society that that this will make a mockery of Pakistan's commitment to fight terror groups without hesitation and without making distinctions," Akbaruddin further said.

Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi is among the seven Pakistani nationals accused plotting the terror attack that rendered 166 people dead and several injured.

Zakiur Rehman would not be able to leave the prison until the higher court upholds the bail as a justifiable thing.

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