LAHORE –A court in Punjab capital has sentenced Zakiur-ur-Rehman Lakhvi to15 years in jail in a terror funding case, barely a week after his arrest.
Lakhvi, 61, was arrested earlier this month by Pakistan’s Counter-TerrorismDepartment (CTD) during a raid conducted in Lahore. The department’sspokesperson said that Lakhvi was arrested during a raid for allegedlyfinancing terrorists.
He is accused of being a leader of a militant group blamed by the UnitedStates and India for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
