The Pakistan government on Saturday challenged LeT operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi’s bail in the Islamabad High Court.
“We have challenged the Anti-Terrorism Court Islamabad’s decision to grant bail to Lakhvi in the Islamabad High Court,” prosecution chief Chaudhry Azhar said.
In the petition, the government has taken up a plea that the “ATC had ignored testimony in the case while granting bail to Lakhvi. Besides, there is a solid testimony available against Lakhvi despite of which the ATC had sanctioned his bail.”
It further said: “The ATC’s order is not justified as the prosecution required a little more time to produce important witnesses against the accused.”
It also alleged that Lakhvi’s counsels had caused a delay in the case’s proceedings and requested the court to reject the ATC order to grant Lakhvi bail.
On December 18, 2014, the anti-terrorism court granted bail to Lakhvi, who was involved in planning, financing and executing the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008.
