The United States on Saturday welcomed the conviction of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, one of the alleged founders of the banned Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT), but also said that his crimes go far beyond just ‘financing terrorism’
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.
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India, which has been at the forefront of the years-long efforts to reform the UNSC, began its two-year tenure at the Council on Friday last.
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T.S. Tirumurti, India’s Permanent Representative at the UN, will chair the UNSC s Counter-Terrorism Committee in 2022, the year in which India will commemorate the 75th anniversary of its independence. File photo
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India, which has been at the forefront of the years-long efforts to reform the UNSC, began its two-year tenure at the Council on Friday last.
India will chair the crucial Taliban and Libya sanctions committees and the Counter-Terrorism Committee of the UN Security Council during its tenure as non-permanent member of the powerful 15-nation UN body..