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 5 years in jail on Friday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court in Lahore in a terror financing case, amidst growing international pressure on Islamabad to bring to justice terrorists roaming free in the country.
Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore Judge Ejaz Ahmad Buttar sentenced UN proscribed terrorist Lakhvi to five years of rigorous imprisonment each on three counts with a fine of PKR 100,000 (approximately USD 620) each on three counts. His punishment will run concurrently.
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The Anti-Terro
ATC sentences LeT leader Lakhvi to 5 years in prison for terror financing
Court also awards Rs300,000 fine for running a medical dispensary to collect, disburse funds for terror activities
LAHORE:
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday convicted Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, one of the alleged founders of the banned Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), of terrorism financing and awarded him jail terms of five years, concurrently on three counts, along with a cumulative fine of Rs300,000.
Lakhvi was arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab from Lahore on Friday last. He was arrested in connection with running a medical dispensary to collect funds for terrorism financing. The CTD had registered the first information report (FIR) and conducted investigation.
"The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore convicted Lakhvi for commission of offences of terrorism financing in a case registered by the CTD for 15 years under different sections of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997,” a court official told PTI after the hearing.