An anti-terrorism court on Friday sentenced Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, a leader of the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group, to 15 years in prison.
ATC-III Judge Ejaz Ahmad Buttar pronounced the verdict and awarded a fine of Rs300,000 to Lakhvi for running a medical dispensary to collect and disburse funds for militant activities.
During the trial, Naseeruddin Khan Nayyar and Muhammad Imran Fazal Gul were cross-examined.
Earlier this month, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of Punjab Police arrested Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi on terrorism financing charge.
The arrest was made in relation to terrorism financing, spokesman for CTD clarified, and not for a "specific militant attack".
“Proscribed organisation LeT (Lashkar-e-Taiba) leader Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi (has been) arrested on charges of terrorism financing,” he said.
A UN Security Council sanctions committee considers Lakhvi as LeT’s chief of operations and accuses him of being involved in militant activity in a number of other regions and countries, including India, Chechnya, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
