The Rajya Sabha today adopted a resolution unanimously expressing grave concern at the numerous delays in the prosecution of Zakiur Rahman Lakhvi, an accused conspirator in the Mumbai terrorist attack on 26th of November 2008 killing 166 people.

Moving the Resolution, Chairman Mohamamed Hamid Ansari criticised the apathetic attitude of the Pakistan government which resulted in the grant of bail. The Resolution noted that the bail was given just one day after the tragic killing of 145 innocent school students in Peshawar in a terrorist attack.

Later, he has been detained subsequently under the provision of maintenance of public order. The Resolution also called up on the Government of Pakistan to proceed strongly with its declared intention to appeal against the bail judgment and ensure that no perpetrator of any terrorist activity be allowed to go unpunished.

The infrastructure of terrorism in that country shall be dismantled immediately. The Resolution asked the Centre to take appropriate steps in its power, including through its relations with other countries, to persuade Pakistan to bring the matter to a logical conclusion.