Pakistan court reorders release of Mumbai attacks suspect

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Source: AFP

A Pakistani court Thursday again ordered the release of the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks from prison, lawyers said, following a tussle over his detention that has strained ties with India.

Pakistani authorities have wrangled with the courts for nearly four months to keep Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, accused over the terror siege that left 166 dead, in custody.

He was granted bail in December, infuriating New Delhi, but hit with a detention order, which was cancelled and reinstated twice before the Lahore High Court ruling annulled it for a third time on Thursday. He has remained in prison throughout.

"Justice Anwar-ul-Haq of the Lahore High Court today suspended detention orders of my client Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and ordered his release after submitting two surety bounds of one million (rupees) each," his lawyer Rizwan Abbasi told AFP.

Read more: http://www.globalpost.com/article/6510381/2015/04/09/pakistan-court-reorders-release-mumbai-attacks-suspect

[geek tragedy]

1. Surprised Pakistan didn't give him a medal. nt

[cosmicone]

3. You took the words out of my keyboard!

However, don't despair, it is still early. He will get Nishan-e-Pakistan in a couple of years.

[samsingh]

2. more pakistani bullshit - an incredibly corrupt country

[cosmicone]

4. Pakistan is a terrorist state ... however

there is hope in the younger, educated generation with news like this:

http://www.dawn.com/news/1167564

Kudos to the Pakistani National Students Federation -- hope your group rules Pakistan one day.