Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi

Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi
ذکی الرحمٰن لکھوی
Co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba
Personal details
Born (1960-12-30) 30 December 1960 (age 63)
Okara District, Punjab, Pakistan
CitizenshipPakistan
Known for2008 Mumbai attacks

Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi[1] (Urdu: ذکی الرحمٰن لکھوی, born 30 December 1960) is a Pakistani Islamist militant, terrorist, and co-founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba.[2] One of the prime perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, he is featured on India's NIA Most Wanted list. In January 2021, he was arrested by Pakistani authorities and sentenced to three concurrent five-year sentences in jail for terror financing in an unrelated case.[3]

A graduate of Jamia Mohammadia in Gujranwala, an Ahl-e-Hadith school, he has been considered by Amir Hamza, a co-founder of the LeT, as "the architect of Salafi jihad in Pakistan."[4] He has orchestrated terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, Iraq, and Southeast Asia. He is referred to as Chachu, or Uncle, by trainees.[5][6]

After the 2008 Mumbai attacks, he was sanctioned by the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee of the UN Security Council.[7] He is also listed on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's SDN List as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. His addresses therein are listed at Renala Khurd Tehsil in Okara District and Bhara Kahu in Islamabad.[8]

  1. ^ "Pakistan Court Adjourns Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi Hearing as 'Judge on Leave'". NDTV.com. 26 March 2015.
  2. ^ "MMP: Lashkar-e-Taiba".
  3. ^ "Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, suspected Mumbai attack leader, jailed in Pakistan". BBC. 8 January 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ The Herald, Volume 40, Issue 1
  5. ^ Buncombe, Andrew (8 December 2008). "'Uncle' named as Mumbai terror conspirator". The Independent. Retrieved 17 December 2008.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference et2008 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "AQ Sanctions List". un.org.
  8. ^ "LAKHVI, Zaki-ur-Rehman". sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov.