United Nations: In a United Nations meeting convened at India's request, a clarification was sought from Pakistan over Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi's release in the 26/11 trial. The move however, was blocked by the Chinese representatives on grounds that India did not provide sufficient information.
The current chair of the UN Sanctions Committee, Jim McLay, received a letter from India's representative to the UN, Asoke Mukherjee, saying Lakhvi's release by a Pakistani court was in violation of the UN resolution dealing with designated entities and individuals. The sanctions measures apply to designated individuals and entities associated with terror groups including Al-Qaeda and LeT.
The committee has 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent UN member states in it. Lakhvi's release had also raised concerns in the US, UK, Russia, France and Germany and Washington had called for his re-arrest. Lakhvi and six others were charged with planning and executing the Mumbai attack in November 2008 that left 166 people dead. A Pakistani court had set Lakhvi free on April 9, a movement which India said "eroded" the value of assurances repeatedly conveyed to it by Pakistan on cross border terrorism.
