Islamabad: A Pakistani court on Tuesday will hear the government's appeal against the bail granted to 26/11 mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi.
Meanwhile, the Pakistan Supreme Court on Monday formed a two member bench to hear Lakhvi's detention case. The bench headed by Justice Jawaad S Khawaja will hear the case on Tuesday.
Earlier, Interior Ministry challenged the Islamabad High Court's (IHC) decision to suspend the detention order of Lakhvi in the Supreme Court.
In December 2014, an anti-terrorism court granted bail to Lakhvi but after India cried foul, the Pakistani government moved to detain him under the Maintenance of Public Order Act. The detention was later overturned by the IHC.
Later the Interior Ministry challenged the Pakistani HC's decision to suspend the detention of Lakhvi. He is currently detained in connection with an abduction case.
Lakhvi was arrested in February 2009 and indicted along with six others Nov 25, 2009, for planning and helping to carry out the Mumbai terror attack.
The six other men facing trial for their alleged involvement are Hammad Amin Sadiq, Shahid Jamil Riaz, Younas Anjum, Jamil Ahmed, Mazhar Iqbal and Abdul Majid.
At the time of the attacks, Lakhvi was believed to be the operational head of the banned Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT) that has been accused by India of being the perpetrator.
Lakhvi, along with Zarar Shah, was allegedly the key planner of the attack that left 166 people dead and over 300 injured in Mumbai.
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