Pak court to hold in-camera hearing in Lakhvi detention case

January 13, 2015 19:52

In-camera hearing will be held in Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi's detention case after the high court today accepted Pakistan government's plea in this regardon the grounds that "strong evidence" against the Mumbai attack mastermind could not be shared in open proceedings.

"The deputy attorney general today informed the Islamabad HC that the government had 'strong evidence' against Lakhvi which could not be shared in open proceedings,"a court official told PTI after a hearing.

"He requested the court to hold in-camera proceedings so that the government could present the evidence against the accused, justifying its decision to detain him under the maintenance of public order," the official said.

IHC judge Noorul Haq Qureshi accepted the government's plea and adjourned the hearing till tomorrow, the official added.The IHC has taken up the case on the direction of the supreme court which earlier had set aside its decision to suspend the government's order to detain Lakhvi under MPO.

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