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Lakhvi remanded to 14-day judicial custody in abduction case - The Hindu
Islamabad, January 1, 2015


Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, was on Thursday sent back to a Rawalpindi jail after a court in Islamabad remanded him to 14 days judicial custody for the abduction of an Afghan national.

Lakhvi, 54, was produced before a judicial magistrate of a local court in Islamabad on the expiry of his two-day physical remand.

The magistrate rejected the police request for further five days remand to interrogate the suspect and sent him on judicial custody for 14 days at Adiala Jail where had been detained in Mumbai terror attacks case for the last five years or so. He will be produced before the court again on January 15.

Just before Lakhvi was to be on Tuesday after Islamabad High Court suspended his detention, he was arrested on charges of kidnapping a man named Muhammad Anwar Khan, an Afghan national.

In a FIR registered on Monday at a police station in Islamabad, Mr. Khan was kidnapped by Lakhvi six years ago.

The police also got Lakhvi’s two-day physical remand which ended on Thursday.

Lakhvi was granted bail on December 18 in the Mumbai attacks case but was detained under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). He challenged his detention under MPO in the Islamabad High Court which on Monday suspended the government order, evoking a strong reaction from India.

According to the FIR against Lakhvi, Mr. Khan went missing from Islamabad’s Thallan Syedan suburb some six years ago.

Mr. Khan’s brother-in-law Muhammad Daud accused Lakhvi for the kidnapping.

According to the FIR, Lakhvi motivated Mr. Khan for Jihad, but he refused. One day Lakhvi came along with his accomplices at his house and took Mr. Khan with him.

Mr. Daud told police that he tried several times to contact Lakhvi after his arrest in 2009 but without success.

“Only after learning from television news that Lakhvi is going to be released, and thinking he may go underground, I requested the Islamabad police to take action against the accused for kidnapping Khan,” he said.

Lakhvi and other six accused — Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum — have been charged with planning and executing the Mumbai attacks that took place on November 26, 2008, and left 166 people dead.

Lakhvi was arrested in December 2008 and was indicted along with the six others on November 25, 2009 in connection with the case. The trial has been underway since 2009.

Lakhvi bail challenged in Pakistan Supreme Court

Meanwhile, the Pakistan government on Thursday challenged Islamabad High Court’s order suspending Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi’s detention under a public security order in the Supreme Court.

“The Interior Ministry on Thursday challenged the Islamabad High Court’s order to suspend the Mumbai attack accused’s detention in the Supreme Court,” a Pakistan Interior Ministry official told PTI.

The government has made a plea that the release of Lakhvi could cause law and order situation in the country as the IHC had “ignored” this very fact, he said.

“The IHC’s order to suspend Lakhvi’s detention under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) has weak legal grounds,” the official said.

Lakhvi’s counsel Raja Rizwan Abbasi told PTI he would defend the Islamabad High Court’s order after receiving notice from the Supreme Court in the case.

“We will defend the IHC’s order as the government does not have a strong case,” he said.

The Islamabad High Court on Monday had ordered the conditional release of Lakhvi, asking him to deposit a security bond of Pakistani Rs. 1 million and appear in person in every hearing of the Mumbai attack case.

A day after the High Court approved Lakhvi’s release, he was arrested in an abduction case and a judicial magistrate in Islamabad sent him to two days police remand on charges of kidnapping.

 

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Zaki-ur-Rahman Lakhvi, the main suspect of the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, raises his fist after his court appearance in Islamabad, Pakistan.

 

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26/11 plotter Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi to remain in jail - The Times of India
Jan 7, 2015

NEW DELHI: Lashkar operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind, would continue to remain in jail.

The Pakistan supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the high court order granting bail to Lakhvi.

The apex court sent the case back to the Islamabad high court directing it to hear the arguments again and decide on merit without rushing through.

On December 18, 2014, the Anti-Terrorism Court had granted bail to Lakhvi, who was involved in planning, financing and executing the Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008.

Next day, he was again detained under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO).

However, Islamabad high court judge Noorul Haq Qureshi had suspended Lakhvi's detention under MPO, evoking a strong reaction from India.

Just before he was to be released, Lakhvi was arrested on charges of kidnapping Afghan national Muhammad Anwar Khan.

The police kept him at the Shalimar Police station here for a two-day physical remand before a magistrate sent him back to Adiala Jail yesterday for a 14-day judicial custody.

Lakhvi has been detained at Adiala Prison for the last five years or so.

Lakhvi and six others - Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum - have been charged with planning and executing the Mumbai attacks in November, 2008 that left 166 people dead.

 

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Pakistan court orders Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's release, outraged India summons envoy | Zee News

Islamabad/New Delhi: A Pakistani court on Friday declared the detention orders of Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, as illegal and ordered his immediate release, triggering strong reaction from India which summoned the Pakistan envoy in New Delhi to convey its outrage.


In a statement, India's external affairs ministry said that if a person, who is also a designated international terrorist by the United Nations, is released, it will pose a threat that cannot be ignored.

The Pakistani government had taken Lakhvi and six other suspects into custody in February 2009 over charges of "facilitating" the Mumbai terror attack and since then they were in jail.

India had earlier taken strong exception to grant of bail to Lakhvi last year, days after the December 16 terrorist attack on Army Public School in Peshawar.

The Islamabad High Court on December 29 last year suspended the detention order but this was restored later. The court, however, on Friday declared Lakhvi's detention orders illegal and ordered his immediate release.

There was outrage in India.

The issue figured in parliament with Rajya Sabha members expressing their concern at the development, while the government accused Pakistan of not providing enough evidence against Lakhvi and demanded steps to ensure that he does not come out of jail. The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party said Pakistan should take credible action against Lakhvi.

The external affairs ministry spokesperson said: "India today conveyed its outrage to Pakistan at the release of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, one of the key accused in the Mumbai terror attacks."

"This goes against Pakistan's professed commitment to combat terrorism, including its recently stated policy of not differentiating amongst terrorists."

The government summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit to the external affairs ministry in South Block and Secretary (East) Anil Wadhwa, who is officiating foreign secretary as S Jaishankar is travelling with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, conveyed India's outrage.

Basit told the media later that Lakhvi's trial continues and the judicial process should be allowed to take its own course.

Lakhvi is accused of masterminding the Mumbai terror attack in November 2008 in which 166 people, many of them foreigners, were killed and hundreds others wounded.

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told reporters that India has asked the Pakistani authorities to ensure that Lakhvi is not released from jail.

"All documents related to his involvement in the Mumbai attack case have not been presented in Pakistani courts. Hence the (Islamabad) court has ordered his release," he said.

"We want that the Pakistan government should take this matter seriously and take steps to ensure that he doesn't come out of jail," he added.

Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Nalin Kohli told IANS that Pakistan's intentions and efforts were "consistently in question when it comes to justice on the perpetrators of Mumbai terror attack".

"In any case, the approach of good terrorist/bad terrorist that Pakistan practices confirms its lack of seriousness in eliminating terrorists," he said.

Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha told IANS the release of Lakhvi, the principal mastermind of 26/11 attack, "opens up a threat for India" and it is "responsibility of prosecutors to ensure that he is not released".

 

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Pakistan bows to India's pressure, issues fresh detention order for 26/11 mastermind Lakhvi | Zee News

Last Updated: Saturday, March 14, 2015 - 14:19

Islamabad: Once again, India's pressure pushed Pakistan to keep Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, behind bars.


Pakistan on Saturday detained Lakhvi for 30 more days under a public security order before he could be released from jail following a court directive to set him free which evoked a strong protest from India.

"The Punjab government today issued the order of Lakhvi's detention under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) for a period of 30 days. He will remain detained at the Adiala Jail where he is currently under custody in the Mumbai attack case," a Home Department official of the Punjab government told a news agency.

An "outraged" India had yesterday summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit in New Delhi to lodge a strong protest against the Islamabad High Court order to release LeT operations commander Lakhvi (believed to be a close relative of Laskhar-e-Toiba founder and Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed) and said freeing him will pose a threat which "cannot be ignored".

The Home Department official said the detention order of 55-year-old Lakhvi had been issued on the request of the Interior Ministry.

Lakhvi's lawyer, Raja Rizwan Abbasi, claimed the Punjab government had issued the order in violation of Pakistan's Constitution.

"The Punjab government has in fact committed a contempt of court by detaining Mr Lakhvi under MPO which was twice suspended by the IHC," he said, adding that he would challenge this "illegal" order in the high court on Monday.

"The Punjab government has entered in the MPO controversy to try to make the matter more complex legally," Abbasi said and expressed hope that the High Court would set aside the Punjab government's order on the first hearing.

The Adiala Jail authorities in Rawalpindi yesterday refused to release Lakhvi merely on the court's order they received through fax from his counsel and asked him to produce the certified copy of the order for his release.

"Today we were to produce a certified copy of the court's order to the jail administration for my client's release before the Punjab government intervened and detained him under an illegal order," Abbasi said.

IHC's Judge Noorul Haq Qureshi yesterday suspended the government's detention order of Lakhvi for the second time and ordered his immediate release.

"Since the government could not produce any solid evidence against the detention of Lakhvi under Maintenance of Public Order there has been no legal ground to detain him any more under that law. Lakhvi should be released immediately if he is not required in any other criminal case," a senior lawyer associated with the case quoted the court's order as saying."The federal government's law experts have given the

suggestion that the Punjab government should be requested to issue a new detention order of Lakhvi as if the federal government does so it will be tantamount to annoying the IHC straightaway," the senior lawyer said.

"Since the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had already restrained the federal government from registering any other case against Lakhvi without its prior permission, the government was left with no other option but to detain him under the security law (MPO)," the lawyer said.

The trial court (Anti-Terrorism Cout, Islamabad) in the Mumbai attack case had granted bail to Lakhvi on December 18, last year but he was detained the next day under the MPO.

However, the IHC suspended Lakhvi's detention on "weak legal ground".

Just before he was to be released from Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, Lakhvi was arrested on charges of kidnapping an Afghan national in 2009. He later got bail in the kidnapping case.

The government also challenged the IHC's order in the Supreme Court which suspended the directive. Lakhvi again challenged his detention and yesterday got relief from the court.

Reacting sharply to the order, India's Home Ministry said, "It is the responsibility of the Pakistan government to take all legal measures to ensure that Lakhvi does not come out of jail."

The US also responded to IHC's order by saying that Pakistan had promised it to bring the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack to justice and it hoped that it would do so.

Lakhvi and six others - Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum - have been charged with planning and executing the Mumbai attack in November, 2008, that claimed 166 lives.

(With Agency inputs)

 

[GURU DUTT]

As Pakistan has given a strong signal to India after giving bail to Lakavi that her policies will remain the same vis a vis India. Pakistan can't afford to open another front in Punjab and Azad Kashmir. PML N has strong associations with militant groups. Imran Khan is a known Taliban supporter. Civil society of Pakistan is at weakest. They can't exert any pressure on establishment. In short, we should not expect any help from Pakistan. Other countries like US and others also not of much help. They have their limits. So would like to discuss the options for India politically, military and diplomatic. My suggestions
1. we should cooperate with Israel to make our internal security impenetrable (which is very very difficult).
2. Give a free hand to RAW to neutralize anti Indian assets of ISI.
3. Contingency plans in case of any attack on Indian soil. as we can't afford to have full fledged war with Pakistan because of nukes.
Kindly share your opinion

@Bang Galore @Joe Shearer @Screambowl @third eye @SpArK @ranjeet

1. make owr internal security as strong as possible

2. keep boulsterring owr economy and put more funds in education

3.make better relations with china and help bridge the gap between china- USA- Iran and afghansitan

4. make better relations with central asian countries and increase owr reach to there with iranian route

5.if pakistan wants enemosity then just freeze all trade and travel ties with it & stop giving expalations to every one

 

[Nine Inch Nails]

Your name is @Gandhi follower and talking like retailiation,neutralization War etc. Change that fukcing Name.

Gandhi was on side of non-violence,Ahimsa , Satyagrah, Moral courage.

Pakistan has it's own share of problems degrading judicial systems,corrupt and biased civil services etc.

Give Pakistan some time. Pakistan too want to get rid of these monsters. BTW Lakhvi is still under arrest.

Gandhi was satisfied being under British rule !

I would vote in favor of removing Gandhi as our national father.

Irony being the cruelest man on earth brought India freedom.

Adolf Hitler.

Off topic but I gotta say that has to be the stupidest thing India can do. Follow Gandhi.

 

[Hindustani78]

Lakhvi still in detention: Pak High Commissioner
Kolkata, Mar 18, 2015, (PTI)

Affirming that 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi "was not released and still in detention", Pakistan's High Commissioner in India Abdul Basit today gave assurance that the country's judiciary would take action against him."I want to tell you that Mr Lakhvi has not been released, he was in detention and continues to be in detention," Basit said while speaking to reporters at a programme here today.

On how much time the trial would take to complete, Basit said that it might take sometime as the scene of crime was in India.

"I think it will take sometime because the crime scene was in India. We got all the evidences from India. I can give you so many things even at this stage with so many gaping holes elsewhere but I will not like to enter into a debate on that issue. I will request you not to jump the gun and draw premature conclusion," he said.

Stressing that Pakistan was a changed nation with a strong civil society and an independent judiciary, Basit said, "Please do not judge us through a narrow prism. Pakistan has changed a lot in the last 10 years. We have a very strong civil society, we have a very robust media, an independent judiciary. So Pakistan is not the same country it was some 20 years ago."

"It is a trial and it is a matter sub-judice. Now the prosecution is doing its best on whatever evidence and witnesses we have to move forward. I will not like to jump the gun," the high commissioner said.

Basit further requested the media "not to create any hype" regarding the issue as it may indirectly affect the judicial process in the neighbouring country.

"Even if he is granted bail, why to create hype? I do not understand because the trial hasn't stopped. Please try to understand how judiciary functions in Pakistan," he said.

Observing that it (hype) was not called for, Basit said, "By creating a hype you are indirectly affecting the judicial process in Pakistan. Let the judicial process take its course and as far as prosecution is concerned, I can assure you that we are doing our best."

 

[Joe Shearer]

Gandhi was satisfied being under British rule !

I would vote in favor of removing Gandhi as our national father.

Irony being the cruelest man on earth brought India freedom.

Adolf Hitler.

Off topic but I gotta say that has to be the stupidest thing India can do. Follow Gandhi.

Your opinion, and you are entitled to it. Just like someone else might be of the opinion that reading your posts is the stupidest thing that an individual Indian can do.

 

[Hindustani78]

Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi's release belies Pakistan's claim of curbing terror: Ujjwal Nikam - The Economic Times
By PTI | 9 Apr, 2015, 09.28PM IST

MUMBAI: The release of Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi, the mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, by the Lahore High Court "exposes the futile effort of Pakistan in showing that it was serious about curbing terrorism," special public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam said here today.

When criminal conspiracy behind the attacks had been hatched on Pakistan's soil, why the intelligence agency of that country did not collect and produce evidence, asked Nikam, who was the prosecutor in the trial of Ajmal Kasab, the lone Pakistani terrorist captured alive during the attacks, before the Mumbai court.

Why Pakistan was seeking evidence from India when Lakhvi had hatched the conspiracy in Pakistan as revealed by Kasab in his testimony before the Indian court, he said.

"This blame-game by Pakistan shows its double standard in respect of the terrorists who launch attacks from that country and also from inside India," Nikam said.

The Indian government had provided sufficient material evidence to Pakistan about terrorist acts committed by Kasab and nine others who caused mayhem in Mumbai during November 26-28, 2008, claiming many lives, Nikam said.

The Lahore High Court today suspended the detention of 55-year-old Lakhvi under Maintenance of Public Order after the Pakistan government failed to present sensitive records against him in the court.

Nikam noted that a judicial commission from Pakistan had visited Mumbai and Lakhvi's lawyer had cross-examined the Mumbai magistrate who had recorded Kasab's confession. The lawyer also grilled the investigation officer.

 

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US conveys 'grave concern' to Pakistan over Lakhvi release | Zee News

Washington: Conveying its grave concern over the release of Mumbai terror attacks' mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the US has asked Pakistan to follow through on its commitment to bring attacks' perpetrators to justice.


"We are gravely concerned about the release on bail of alleged Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi," state department spokesperson Jeff Rathke told reporters on Friday in response to a question.

The US has "communicated that concern to senior Pakistani officials over the course of many months, and as recently as yesterday," he said, urging Islamabad to follow through on its commitment to bring the perpetrators of Mumbai attacks to justice.

"Terrorist attacks are an assault on the collective safety and security of all countries," Rathke said.

Lakhvi was released from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi Friday, a day after Lahore high court suspended his detention and ordered his immediate release.

Pakistan, the spokesman noted "has pledged its cooperation in bringing the perpetrators, financiers, and sponsors of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice."

"We urge Pakistan to follow through on that commitment to ensure justice for the 166 innocent people, including six Americans, who lost their lives," he said.

Asked if the release would have any repercussions for Pakistan, Rathke said the US had conveyed its concern in Islamabad, but he wouldn't "speculate about consequences or repercussions."

"But I think I've made clear that we're, again, as I said, gravely concerned about this development."

Since "this has just happened in the last few hours. So of course we're going to look at this development and decide what consequences to draw from it," Rathke said when asked why should Pakistan take US concern seriously.

"But I'm not going to get ahead of that process." He was "not going to put a timeline on it," Rathke said.

"But certainly, bringing the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attacks to justice is a key priority."

"And we stand by that. So we'll continue working in that direction, but I don't have any further specific steps to outline right now."

IANS

 

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Last Updated: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 16:50

Lakhvi exempted from in-person appearance in 26/11 Mumbai attack case | Zee News


Islamabad: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today exempted the mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi from appearing in-person after the LeT operations commander cited "serious threats to his life."

"The trial court (Anti-Terrorism Court Islamabad) has exempted Lakhvi from in person appearance in the court on security grounds," Raja Rizwan Abbasi, Lakhvi's consel, told PTI after the hearing.

"The court has admitted Lakhvi's application after the report of Islamabad Inspector General that he (Lakhvi) is facing serious threats to his life," Abbasi said.

Abbasi had filed an application in the court requesting it to exempt his client from appearing in-person in the 2008 Mumbai attack case as Lakhvi, 55, faces serious threats to his life (from a foreign intelligence agency and a Taliban wing).

"Lakhvi may be assassinated while coming to or leaving the court," Abbasi said.

"Since the trial in the Mumbai attack case began in February 2009, Lakhvi and six other suspects had been attending the proceedings inside Adiala jail (Rawalpindi) but after his release Lakhvi will now have to appear before the court on his own thus putting his life in serious danger," he said and requested the court to exempt Lakhvi from personal attendance during the hearings till the case concludes.

The ATC-Islamabad judge who held the proceedings at the Adiala Jail Rawalpindi also recorded the statements of two witnesses. The judge adjourned the hearing till tomorrow.

The Mumbai attack mastermind, who was released from Adiala Jail on April 10 on bail, has skipped appearance in the court on several occasions in the past, though the law mandates for an accused on bail to appear in a court hearing.

He was was released from Adiala Jail after the Lahore High Court suspended his detention under a security act.

The Islamabad High Court in mid April had ordered the trial court to conclude the Mumbai attack case in two months.

The two-month deadline has passed but the pace of the case had not yet picked up.

Lakhvi is living at an undisclosed location since his release.

Lakhvi and six other accused - Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum - have been charged in 2009 with planning and executing the Mumbai attack in November, 2008 that left 166 people dead.

The trial court has decided to hold the hearing twice a week - Wednesday and Thursday - to expedite the case.

PTI

 

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Last Updated: Thursday, July 2, 2015 - 19:37
Mumbai attack case: Lakhvi's lawyers cross-examine two witnesses | Zee News


Lahore: Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi's lawyers on Thursday cross-examined two witnesses in a Pakistani anti-terrorism court, including the owner of a local company that had sold eight Yamaha boat engines to one of the facilitators of the 2008 terror assault.


"Lakhvi's lawyers today cross examined the owner of the company that had provided Japanese engines to one of the accused - Amjad Khan - in the Mumbai attack case," a court official said after the hearing.

"They also cross examined another witness, a customs official, who told the court that the department had issued customs clearance certificate of the engines imported from Japan to Khan after he paid the customs duty," he said.

The engines were used by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists Ajmal Kasab and others to power their boat to reach Mumbai.

The official said the Anti-Terrorism Court in Islamabad which is holding the trial at Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi, also summoned four witnesses for the next hearing. The court adjourned the hearing till July 8.

In a hearing last month, the company's general manager said the firm had sold the engines to absconding accused Khan, a shadowy LeT organiser and financier from Karachi.

Khan and nine other co-accused, said to be either trainers or facilitators of the terrorists who launched the attack in Mumbai, had been declared "proclaimed offenders or fugitives" by the anti-terrorism court.

Yesterday, Lakhvi was exempted from appearing in-person in the case after the LeT operations commander cited "serious threats to his life".

While 55-year-old Lakhvi has been released on bail, six other accused -- Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jameel Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum -- have been lodged in Adiala Jail for nearly six years for planning and executing the Mumbai attack in November, 2008 that killed 166 people.

PTI

 

[Ishant Sahu]

Why India is thinking about how to handle Pakistan how to negotiate with them . when there are many political parties in Pakistan who continuously working as a anti Pakistan.

 

[nForce]

Why India is thinking about how to handle Pakistan how to negotiate with them . when there are many political parties in Pakistan who continuously working as a anti Pakistan.

Why do you think Indian govt. is in any mood for negotiations now ?