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Mumbai attack mastermind Lakhvi sentenced to 15 years in jail in terror funding case by Pak court

Mumbai attack mastermind Lakhvi sentenced to 15 years in jail in terror funding case by Pak court

Image Source : AP Pakistani police officers escort Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, center, the main suspect of the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, after his court appearance in Islamabad, Pakistan. Pakistan’s security forces arrested Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021 an alleged leader of the militant group that was behind the bloody 2008 Mumbai attacks in India. Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT commander…

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Pak steps before FATF review farcical: India

NEW DELHI: India on Friday described as farcical Pakistan’s actions against terrorists just ahead of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) review and called upon the international community to hold Islamabad accountable for its support to cross-border terrorism. LeT commander and Mumbai attacks mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was sentenced to 15 years in jail by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Friday. The government said in response that the timing of these actions clearly suggested the intention of conveying a sense of compliance ahead of the APJG (Asia Pacific Joint Group) meeting and next FATF plenary in February, 2021. “It has become routine for Pakistan to come up with such farcical actions prior to important meetings,” said ministry of external affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava. “United Nation proscribed entities and designated terrorists act as proxies for Pakistani establishment to fulfil its anti-India agenda. It is for the international community to hold Pakistan to account and ensure that it takes credible action against terror groups, terror infrastructure and individuals,” Srivastava added. The Paris-based Financial Action Task Force placed Pakistan on the Grey List in June 2018 and asked Islamabad to implement a plan of action to curb money laundering and terror financing by the end of 2019 but the deadline was extended later due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

source https://bbcbreakingnews.com/2021/01/09/pak-steps-before-fatf-review-farcical-india/

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Pakistan jails Mumbai attacks ‘plotter’ for ‘terrorism financing’

Pakistan jails Mumbai attacks ‘plotter’ for ‘terrorism financing’

Court sentences Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a senior official of armed group Lashkar-e-Taiba, to five years in prison. A Pakistan court has sentenced Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a senior leader of armed group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), to five years in jail for “terrorism financing”. Lakhvi and the group are accused by India and the United States of being behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks – though the charges or…

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Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, suspected Mumbai attack leader, jailed in Pakistan

Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, suspected Mumbai attack leader, jailed in Pakistan

Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi is sentenced to five years for terror financing. from BBC News – World https://ift.tt/3osQtl1 via IFTTT

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Mumbai Attack Mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi Gets 15 Years Jail

Mumbai Attack Mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi Gets 15 Years Jail

Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was sentenced to 15 years in jail on Friday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court here in a terror financing case. UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, 61, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab province on Saturday.

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News18 Evening Digest: 26/11 Mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi Gets 5 Yrs in Jail; Kejriwal Issues Guidelines for UK Returnees & Other Top Stories

News18 Evening Digest: 26/11 Mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi Gets 5 Yrs in Jail; Kejriwal Issues Guidelines for UK Returnees & Other Top Stories

Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, LeT Militant and 26/11 Mastermind, Sentenced to 5 Yrs in Jail: Pakistan Media Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, mastermind of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, was on Friday sentenced to five years in jail by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan, according to the country’s media. Lakhvi was arrested over terror financing charges six days ago. The LeT commander, who was out on…

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Mumbai attack mastermind Lakhvi jailed for 15 years in terror funding case Lakhvi was on bail in the Mumbai attack case since 2015. http://www.headlineenglish.com/international-news/mumbai-attack-mastermind-lakhvi-jailed-for-15-years-in-terror-funding-case/?feed_id=49035&_unique_id=5ff845625fe6b #ctd #mumbaiattack #pakistan #terrorfundingcase #zakiurrehmanlakhvi

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Mumbai Attack Mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi Gets 15 Years Jail In Pakistan

Mumbai Attack Mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi Gets 15 Years Jail In Pakistan

Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi pleaded before the court that he was “falsely implicated” in the case (File) Lahore: Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court in Lahore in a terror financing case on Friday. UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, 61, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai…

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Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi: Mumbai attack mastermind Lakhvi sentenced to 15 years in jail by Pakistan court in terror financing case

Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi: Mumbai attack mastermind Lakhvi sentenced to 15 years in jail by Pakistan court in terror financing case

LAHORE: Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court here in a terror financing case on Friday. UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi, 61, who was on bail since 2015 in the Mumbai attack case, was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab province on Saturday. “The…

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‘Those who planned Mumbai attacks still not convicted’: Mike Pompeo on 26/11 - india news

It is an “affront” that perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attack have still not been punished, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the 2008 massacre of 166 people by Pakistan-based terrorists. Six of the victims were Americans.“It is an affront to the victims and their families that those who planned the Mumbai attack have still not been convicted,” Pompeo said to reporters at a briefing..The secretary of state did not mention but it was clear who that was meant for. The 10 terrorists who carried out the carnage had belonged to the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba, sailed to Mumbai from Karachi, and their leaders and handlers, who had guided them on phone, were in Pakistan. Nine of the 10 terrorists were killed during the attack and the 10th, Ajmal Kasab, who was captured, was hanged after a trial. But their planners and handlers in Pakistan have remained free. Pakistan has been reluctant to punish them, and only acted under international pressure, including from the United States. It put Hafiz Saeed, the LeT founder and alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attack in judicial custody in July, just days before Prime Minister Imran Khan was to travel to the US for his first meeting with President Donald Trump.Those that were arrested earlier were kept in conditions that could barely be expected in a normal jail. Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the lead planner of the attack, and six others, were kept in several rooms next to the jailor’s officer at a jail in Rawalpindi. They had television set and mobile phones and access to internet and they were allowed to receive any number of guests who did not have to identify themselves to the authorities. Lakhvi was subsequently released on bail. Source link Read the full article

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Pakistan court temporarily halts Mumbai attack case hearing

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court has temporarily halted the hearing of the 2008 Mumbai attack case to let the prosecutor produce more witnesses. Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists had sailed into Mumbai from Karachi and carried out coordinated attacks, killing 166 people and injuring over 300 in November 2008. The trial, underway in an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan against seven activists, has made little headway in more than 10 years as the Pakistani establishment has been claiming lack of enough evidence against them. A divisional bench of Islamabad High Court, comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiyani, on Tuesday conducted hearing on a petition by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking stay on anti-terrorism court proceedings. The Express Tribune reported that the court initially granted one week stay in trial of the Mumbai attack case to let the prosecutor to summon some of the 19 witnesses for testimony. During the hearing, FIA prosecutor Akram Qureshi appeared in the court. Justice Kiyani remarked several witnesses were not appearing due to fear and the whereabouts of some others were unknown. The FIA prosecutor told the bench that many witnesses had been traced out. Justice Kiyani inquired if those witnesses will appear in the court to which Qureshi said some of the witnesses have been traced and they are ready to appear before court. Justice Amir Farooq inquired about the next date of hearing in the trial court. The FIA prosecutor replied the case is set for hearing on Wednesday (January 23) in the anti-terrorism court (ATC), while requesting for a stay on the hearing. The court accepted the request and suspended proceedings of the ATC till the next week. The court directed the registrar to set the hearing of the case in the next week. Seven LeT suspects -- Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, Abdul Wajid, Mazhar Iqbal, Hamad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Jamil Ahmed and Younis Anjum -- are facing charges of abetment to murder, attempted murder, planning and executing the Mumbai attack since 2009. Except Lakhvi, the other six are kept in the high-security Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi.  (Agencies) Read the full article

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Masood Azhar is hidden in Bahawalpur

The lie of the neighboring country Pakistan is once again exposed. He had recently spoken about the disappearance of terrorist Masood Azhar, but now it is learned that he is hiding in Pakistan and the Government of Pakistan is also aware of this. According to the information received, India’s most wanted terrorist Masood Azhar is currently living in Bahawalpur city of Pakistan. It is located on the railway link road of Bahawalpur. According to reports, the place where Masood Azhar is hiding is behind the Bahawalpur terrorist headquarters. There is also a lot of strong security. It is also said that the bomb attack in the house where Masood Azhar is hiding will also have no effect. The other three bases of Masood have also been detected. It includes Kasur Colony Bahawalpur, Madrasa Bilal Hubasi Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Madrasa Masjid-e-Lukman Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Explain that the dossier that was handed over to Pakistan related to the Pathankot attack in 2016 contained a phone number whose link was to Bahawalpur Terror Factory. Azhar’s hideouts are revealed at a time when Pakistan is saying in front of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) that Masood Azhar has gone missing. Recently Pakistan has sentenced terrorist Hafiz Saeed to nearly 5 years for terror funding but he has also been pulled over for not taking action against Azhar and Mumbai attacks mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. Masood Azhar is the leader of Jaish-e-Mohammed and the mastermind of many terrorist incidents in India. Jaish had also claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in Pulwama on 14th February last year. Reports about Jaish-e-Mohammed’s mastermind Masood Azhar present in Pakistan are said to have been secretly thrown out of jail. According to top intelligence sources, Jaish kingpin’s health is very poor. Masood is away from the organization’s work these days due to ill health and his brother is looking after the organization. Masood’s brother Abdul Rauf Asghar is running his ‘factory of terror’ these days. Read the full article

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Kasab‘s trial was delayed due to legal issues, as many Indian lawyers were unwilling to represent him. A Mumbai Bar Association passed a resolution proclaiming that none of its members would represent Kasab. However, the Chief Justice of India stated that Kasab needed a lawyer for a fair trial. A lawyer for Kasab was eventually found, but was replaced due to a conflict of interest. On 25 February 2009, Indian investigators filed an 11,000-page chargesheet, formally charging Kasab with murder, conspiracy, and waging war against India among other charges. Kasab’s trial began on 6 May 2009. He initially pleaded not guilty, but later admitted his guilt on 20 July 2009. He initially apologised for the attacks and claimed that he deserved the death penalty for his crimes, but later retracted these claims, saying that he had been tortured by police to force his confession, and that he had been arrested while roaming the beach. The court had accepted his plea, but due to the lack of completeness within his admittance, the judge had deemed that many of the 86 charges were not addressed and therefore the trial continued. Kasab was convicted of all 86 charges on 3 May 2010. He was found guilty of murder for directly killing seven people, conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of the 164 people killed in the three-day terror siege, waging war against India, causing terror, and of conspiracy to murder two high-ranking police officers. On 6 May 2010, he was sentenced to death by hanging. However, he appealed his sentence at high court. On 21 February 2011, the Bombay High Court upheld the death sentence of Kasab, dismissing his appeal. On 29 August 2012, the Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Kasab. The court stated, “We are left with no option but to award death penalty. The primary and foremost offence committed by Kasab is waging war against the Government of India.” The verdict followed 10 weeks of appeal hearings, and was decided by a two-judge Supreme Court panel, which was led by Judge Aftab Alam. The panel rejected arguments that Kasab was denied a free and fair trial. Kasab filed a mercy petition with the President of India, which was rejected on 5 November. Kasab was hanged in Pune’s Yerwada jail in secret on 21 November 2012 at 7:30 am and naming the operation as operation ‘X’. The Indian mission in Islamabad informed the Pakistan government about Kasab’s hanging through letter. Pakistan refused to take the letter, which was then faxed to them. His family in Pakistan was sent news of his hanging via a courier.  Indian and Pakistani police exchanged DNA evidence, photographs and items found with the attackers to piece together a detailed portrait of the Mumbai plot. Police in Pakistan arrested seven people, including Hammad Amin Sadiq, a homoeopathic pharmacist, who arranged bank accounts and secured supplies. Sadiq and six others began their formal trial on 3 October 2009 in Pakistan. Indian authorities said the prosecution stopped well short of top Lashkar leaders. In November 2009, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that Pakistan had not done enough to bring the perpetrators of the attacks to justice. An eight-member commission comprising defence lawyers, prosecutors and a court official was allowed to travel to India on 15 March 2013 to gather evidence for the prosecution of seven suspects linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks. However, the defence lawyers were barred from cross-examining the four prosecution witnesses in the case including Ajmal Kasab. On the eve of the first anniversary of 26/11, a Pakistani anti-terror court formally charged seven accused, including LeT operations commander Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi. However, the actual trial started on 5 May 2012. The Pakistani court conducting trial of Mumbai attacks accused, reserved its judgement on the application filed by Lakhvi, challenging the report of the judicial panel, to 17 July 2012. On 17 July 2012, the court refused to take the findings of the Pakistani judicial commission as part of the evidence. However, it ruled that if a new agreement, which allows the panel’s examination of witnesses, is reached, the prosecution may make an application for sending the panel to Mumbai. The Indian Government, upset over the court ruling, however, contended that evidence collected by the Pakistani judicial panel has evidential value to punish all those involved in the attack. On 21 September 2013, a Pakistani judicial commission arrived in India to carry out the investigation and to cross examine the witnesses. This is the second such visit: the one in March 2012 was not a success as its report was rejected by an anti-terrorism court in Pakistan due to lack of evidence.

TRIALS OF AJMAL KASAB AND HIS HANGING : Kasab's trial was delayed due to legal issues, as many Indian lawyers were unwilling to represent him.

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Hafiz Saeed walks free; vows to fight for 'Kashmir cause'

Mumbai attack mastermind and banned Jamaat- ud -Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed on Friday walked free from house arrest and said he would gather people across Pakistan for the "cause of Kashmir" and try to help Kashmiris get their "destination of freedom".

The JuD head, who carries a USD 10 million American bounty for his role in terror activities, was freed after the government decided against detaining him further in any case. He was under detention since January.

"I was detained for 10 months only to stop my voice for Kashmir," Saeed told his supporters gathered outside his residence to celebrate his release.

"I fight for the cause of Kashmiris. I will gather the people from across the country for the cause of Kashmir and we will try to help Kashmiris get their destination of freedom," he said upon his release.

Punjab province's Judicial Review Board comprising judges of the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday unanimously ordered Saeed's release on the completion of his 30-day house arrest which expired last night.

Saeed said that he was detained when he announced a month of solidarity for Kashmiris in January.

Using the release order to buttress his claim of "innocence", Saeed said: "I am very happy that none of the allegations against me proved as three judges of the LHC ordered my release... India had levelled baseless allegations against me. The LHC's review board decision has proved that I am innocent".

The JuD chief said that the US, on India's request, pressured Pakistan to detain him.

"I was detained on the pressure of the US on the Pakistani government. The US did so on the request of India," he claimed.

Several JuD supporters, gathered outside Saeed's house in Lahore's Jauhar town to celebrate his release, shouted anti- India slogans and described their leader as "a hope for the Kashmiri people".

"We are happy to see our leader free. Hafiz sahib received his release order from the jail officials. Now he is a free man," JuD spokesman Ahmad Nadim said.

"Saeed has been freed as the Punjab government decided not to detain him further in any other case," a top government official told.

He said that after a long deliberation, it has been decided to follow the review board's decision.

Saeed's release would invite strong criticism from India and the US, official sources said.

"It remains to be seen as how would the PML-N government handle the foreign pressure to again detain Saeed," they said.

Punjab Assistant Advocate General Sattar Sahil said the government law officer had presented "some important evidence" to justify Saeed's detention, but all three members of the board unanimously rejected it and ordered his release.

On January 31, Saeed and his four aides Abdullah Ubaid, Malik Zafar Iqbal, Abdul Rehman Abid and Qazi Kashif Hussain were detained by the Punjab government for 90 days under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 and the Fourth Schedule of Anti- Terrorism Act 1997. The last two extensions were made on the 'public safety law'.

The board refused to give further extension to the detention of Saeed's aides. They were set free last month.

According to the rules, the government could detain a person for up to three months under different charges, but for an extension, it needs approval from a judicial review board.

The JuD is believed to be the front organisation for the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) which is responsible for carrying out the Mumbai terror attack in 2008 in which 166 people, including six Americans, were killed.

Saeed was put under house arrest after the Mumbai attack in November 2008 but he was freed by a court in 2009.

India has repeatedly asked Pakistan to re-investigate the Mumbai terror attack case and demanded trial of Saeed and LeT operations commander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi in the light of the evidence it had provided to Islamabad.

Ten LeT militants had killed 166 people and wounded dozens in Mumbai in November 2008. Nine of the attackers were killed by police while lone survivor Ajmal Kasab was caught and executed after a court found him guilty.

Saeed was declared a global terrorist by the US and the UN after the Mumbai attack.

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