The Supreme Court (SC) Wednesday suspended Islamabad High Court (IHC)’s detention order for Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi for his alleged involvement in 26/11 Mumbai attacks.
The two-judge SC bench headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja heard a plea filed by the federal government against the IHC’s decision to suspend the detention order.
The court declared IHC’s order void, terming it to be taken in haste, and maintained that the high court must “sufficiently hear” the arguments of both Lakhvi and the federal government.
The case will be heard again on Monday next week at IHC.
On Tuesday, the court issued notices to Lakhvi on the appeal filed by the interior secretary, seeking cancellation of his bail.
Lakhvi was recently granted bail by Anti-Terrorism Court, however the federal government had detained him under Maintenance of Public Order (MPO). Lakhvi challenged his detention in IHC which then suspended the detainment order. However, the federal government moved in the apex court to challenge this suspension.