Pakistan highlighted fresh detention order's of Mumbai terror attack accused "Lakhwi"

Islamabad: Beneath India's immense pressure  Pakistan again put lakvi, behind bars.

A Pakistani court had on Friday declared the detention orders of Lakhvi as illegal and ordered his immediate release, triggering strong reaction from India which summoned the Pakistan envoy in New Delhi to convey its outrage. The Islamabad deputy commissioner had also issued his release order.

Lakhvi who is accused of masterminding the Mumbai terror attack in November 2008 in which 166 people, many of them foreigners, were killed and hundreds are injured
However, Lakhvi's detention has been extended by the Punjab Provincial government to maintain public order. Lakhvi (believed to be a close relative of Laskhar-e-Toiba founder and Jamat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed) will now stay behind bars for another one month.
Reacting to the extension order, Lakhvi's lawyer said this happened due to immense pressure from the Indian government.

India's External Affairs Ministry said yesterday  that if a person, who is stated as a international terrorist by the United Nations, is released, it will pose a threat that cannot be ignored.

The Pakistani government had taken Lakhvi and six other suspects into custody in February 2009 over charges of "Brutal  Mumbai terror attack" and since then they were in jail.

The Islamabad High Court on December 29 last year suspended the detention order but this was restored later. The court, however, on Friday declared Lakhvi's detention orders illegal and ordered his immediate release.

There was outrage in India.

The issue figured in Parliament and the government summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit to the External Affairs Ministry in South Block.