Pak Punjab govt seeks early SC hearing against Lakhvi release

May 04, 2015 20:17

Pakistan's Punjab government hassought an early hearing by the Supreme Court on its petitionchallenging the Lahore high court's decision to release LeToperations commander and Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur

Rehman Lakhvi.

"We have requested the apex court for early hearing on the Punjab government's petition against the LHC's verdict to suspend detention of Lakhvi," Punjab Assistant Advocate General Shan Gull told PTI today.

The Punjab government on April 14 had filed the petition in the apex court pleading that the LHC had suspended the detention of Lakhvi under maintenance of public order ordinance despite seeing "sensitive documents" against him.

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