Islamabad: After widespread criticism over bail to dreaded terrorist Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi just two days after the massacre in a Peshawar school, Pakistan government is set to file a review petition in High Court seeking cancellation of the bail.
Pakistan has also decided to keep the LeT operations commander in jail as per the Maintenance of Public Order Law.
Lakhvi, one of India's most wanted men was granted bail by an anti-terror court in Pakistan on Thursday. Pakistani government claimed that the bail was granted due to a technical error. It said that no arguments took place because of a Taliban strike at Peshawar's Army Public School and College and also because the lawyers were on strike.
India registered strong protest with its neighbour over bail to the wanted terrorist. "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. The story of repeated postponements, adjournments and unavailability of concerned law officers or witnesses is well documented and does not require repetition. The move to grant bail to Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi yesterday has taken this saga to another level," official spokesman in the External Affairs Ministry Syed Akbaruddin said on Friday.
Despite, Lakhvi getting bail just two days after the Peshawar massacre, Pakistani officials maintained that they were committed in their fight against terror. It is also ironic that it came just a day after Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pledged to announce a "national plan" to tackle terrorism within a week, saying "this entire region" should be cleaned of terrorism.
Lakhvi is among the seven Pakistani nationals accused of planning and abetting the brazen terror attack in Mumbai on November 26, 2008 that left 166 dead, including foreigners.
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