Pak govt submits 'strong evidence' against Lakhvi

January 14, 2015 20:01

Pakistan government today submitted "strong evidence" against Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi in the high court in Islamabad during an in-camera hearing in the detention case of the Mumbai attack mastermind.

Lakhvi's counsel Raja Rizwan Abbasi protested the in-camera hearing saying, "the classified documents are available on the Internet and are just one click away from the reach of anyone and the government had wasted the time of the court."

He also argued that the government had no "legal grounds" to detain his client under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO).

Notwithstanding Abbasi's arguments, Islamabad High Court Justice Noorul Haq Qureshi held the in-camera proceedings and observed, "As the government has submitted classified evidence against Lakhvi, the next hearing on Thursday (tomorrow) will

be held in open."

A law officer yesterday told the Islamabad high court that the government had "strong evidence" against Lakhvi which could not be shared in open proceedings.

He requested the court to hold in-camera proceedings so that the government could present the classified evidence against the accused, justifying its decision to detain him under MPO. Judge Qureshi had accepted government's plea.

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