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Pakistan places leader of 2008 Mumbai attacks under house arrest
Pakistani authorities on Monday placed militant leader Hafiz Muhammad Saeed under house arrest for his connection to the militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the charity known as Jamaat-ud-Dawa . Saeed has been accused of orchestrating the infa (More)
Pakistan militant group establishes new Islamic court
Pakistani authorities opened a probe on Thursday into reports that a charity run by a militant group has established an Islamic court. The group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) has reportedly established a court separate from the judiciary in Lahore. Legal ex (More)
Pakistan court sets 2-month deadline for 2008 Mumbai attacks case
Pakistan's Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday ordered the Islamabad Anti-Terrorism Court to conclude its case over the 2008 attacks in Mumbai [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] within the next two months. The case has been ongoing since 2009 (More)
Pakistani court orders release of main suspect in 2008 Mumbai attacks
A Pakistan court on Thursday ordered the release of the main suspect in the 2008 attacks in Mumbai [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. The order came less than a month after Pakistan authorities reordered his detention . (More)
Pakistan reorders detention of alleged mastermind of 2008 Mumbai attacks
Pakistan authorities on Saturday reordered the detention of Zakiur-Rehman Lakhvi, the main suspect in the 2008 attacks in Mumbai [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], one day after a court in Pakistan ordered his release. Lakhvi is one of seven s (More)
Pakistan high court overturns release of terrorist suspect
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday overturned the release of terrorist suspect Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. Lakhvi, head of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) , was the alleged organizer of the 2008 Mumbai attacks [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] t (More)
Pakistani police detain mastermind of Mumbai attacks on abduction charges
Pakistani police have detained the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] on abduction charges a day after a court ordered his release. Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi was detained in Pakistani custody since 2008 (More)
Mumbai attacks witness cross-examined
Cross-examination of the Pakistani-based businessman responsible for selling the boat engine used by the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists in the 2008 Mumbai attacks [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] was held on Wednesday before Pakistan's Ant (More)
India Supreme Court upholds death penalty for convicted terrorist
The Supreme Court of India on Sunday upheld a death penalty sentence against Devinderpal Singh Bhullar , a convicted terrorist. This ruling allows the Indian government to continue a trend toward use of execution that began in November after a de f (More)
India parliament attack plotter executed after president refuses to grant clemency
Afzal Guru [One India profile], a Kashmiri militant who received the death penalty for participating in the 2001 attack on India's parliament , was executed on Saturday. Guru was hanged after India's president, Shri Pranab Mukherjee , turned down hi (More)
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