Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi’s detention illegal: Islamabad high court

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI: The Islamabad high court on Friday termed Mumbai attacks mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi’s detention illegal.

High court judge Noorul Haq ordered the immediate release of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.

The high court had earlier reserved its decision over Lakhvi’s application.

The Pakistani government had on March 5 filed details of charges Lakhvi, 55, is facing in the Mumbai attack case, his alleged involvement in the abduction of an Afghan national, and the judgment of the Supreme Court in his detention case.

Lakhvi’s counsel Raja Rizwan Abbasi had said in court that the government was planning to register another case against his client like it did when he was granted bail in the Mumbai attack case.

He argued that the government had earlier filed a false case of abduction of an Afghan national, Anwer Khan, against Lakhvi but it could not prove anything against him in court.

Lakhvi last month had challenged his ‘fresh’ detention under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) act.

Commenting on the Islamabad HC order to release Lakhivi, the Union home ministry said that “Pakistan should realize there are no good or bad terrorists”.

“It is the responsibility of the Pakistan government to take all legal measures to ensure that Lakhvi does not come out of jail,” the home ministry said in a statement on Friday.

Source : Zee News