Zaki-ur-rehman Lakhvi

The US on Saturday said that it is "encouraged" by the conviction of Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi in a terror financing case in Pakistan, but Islamabad should further hold him accountable for his involvement in terror attacks, including the 2008 Mumbai carnage.

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.

Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, was arrested on Saturday in Pakistan on terror financing charges, an official said.

Pakistan has quietly removed around 1,800 terrorists from its watch list, including that of the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, ahead of a new round of assessments by the global anti-money-laundering watchdog FATF, according to a US-based start-up that automates watchlist compliance.

Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley today continued his deposition for the third day before a court in Mumbai.

As India commemorates the 7th anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said that perpetrators of all terror attacks must be brought to justice and underlined that improved ties between India and Pakistan could stem the threat posed by terrorism.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven Mumbai terror attack accused, including mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, today adjourned the hearing till next week as two witnesses summoned did not turn up.

In a scathing criticism of the Security Council's role in fighting terrorism, India has said that the UN's primary body for international security was helpless in making countries enforce its own sanctions and resolutions against terrorists.

Criticising the use of technical blocks by some permanent members of the UN Security Council, India has said such "hidden vetoes" distort the already opaque procedures of the Council's sanctions regime as it called for the UN body to take the lead in prosecuting non-state actors.

The LeT operations commander and Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's voice samples cannot be used as evidence as there is no law in Pakistan to prove its authenticity, a top prosecutor in the case has said.

Despite the 'breakthrough' bilateral talks between PM Modi and Nawaz Sharif in Ufa, which promised to expedite justice in the Mumbai attacks case, the Pakistan prosecution has refused to file a fresh petition seeking voice samples of 26/11 mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.

Big breakthroughs were achieved at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's talks with Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif including India agreeing to send more evidence against terrorists being tried in Pakistan for their role in the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.

Virtually defending its move to block India's demand in the UN to take action against Pakistan for the release of Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, China today said its stand was based on "facts" and in the spirit of "objectiveness and fairness".

During bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today voiced India's concern at China's support for Pakistan's position on the release of 26/11 mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.

By video-conference, the Mumbai Police would like to interrogate David Coleman Headley, who is in prison in the US, in attempts to prove that Pakistani state actors - senior officials in the army and intelligence agency ISI - were involved in 26/11. Headley has reportedly listed the same officers as Abu Jundal, a Pakistani terrorist who was deporte...

The US on Saturday said that it is "encouraged" by the conviction of Lashkar-e-Taiba operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi in a terror financing case in Pakistan, but Islamabad should further hold him accountable for his involvement in terror attacks, including the 2008 Mumbai carnage.

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.

Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the Mumbai attack mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba commander, was arrested on Saturday in Pakistan on terror financing charges, an official said.

Pakistan has quietly removed around 1,800 terrorists from its watch list, including that of the 2008 Mumbai attack mastermind and LeT operations commander Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, ahead of a new round of assessments by the global anti-money-laundering watchdog FATF, according to a US-based start-up that automates watchlist compliance.

Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley today continued his deposition for the third day before a court in Mumbai.

As India commemorates the 7th anniversary of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, UN chief Ban Ki-moon has said that perpetrators of all terror attacks must be brought to justice and underlined that improved ties between India and Pakistan could stem the threat posed by terrorism.

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court conducting the trial of seven Mumbai terror attack accused, including mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, today adjourned the hearing till next week as two witnesses summoned did not turn up.

In a scathing criticism of the Security Council's role in fighting terrorism, India has said that the UN's primary body for international security was helpless in making countries enforce its own sanctions and resolutions against terrorists.

Criticising the use of technical blocks by some permanent members of the UN Security Council, India has said such "hidden vetoes" distort the already opaque procedures of the Council's sanctions regime as it called for the UN body to take the lead in prosecuting non-state actors.

The LeT operations commander and Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's voice samples cannot be used as evidence as there is no law in Pakistan to prove its authenticity, a top prosecutor in the case has said.

Despite the 'breakthrough' bilateral talks between PM Modi and Nawaz Sharif in Ufa, which promised to expedite justice in the Mumbai attacks case, the Pakistan prosecution has refused to file a fresh petition seeking voice samples of 26/11 mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.

Big breakthroughs were achieved at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's talks with Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif including India agreeing to send more evidence against terrorists being tried in Pakistan for their role in the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai.

Virtually defending its move to block India's demand in the UN to take action against Pakistan for the release of Mumbai attack mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, China today said its stand was based on "facts" and in the spirit of "objectiveness and fairness".

During bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today voiced India's concern at China's support for Pakistan's position on the release of 26/11 mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi.

By video-conference, the Mumbai Police would like to interrogate David Coleman Headley, who is in prison in the US, in attempts to prove that Pakistani state actors - senior officials in the army and intelligence agency ISI - were involved in 26/11. Headley has reportedly listed the same officers as Abu Jundal, a Pakistani terrorist who was deporte...