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{{Infobox officeholder
| order = Co-founder of [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1960|12|30}}
| birth_place = [[Okara
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| nationality = [[Pakistanis|Pakistani]]
| occupation =
| citizenship = [[Pakistan]]
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| known_for = [[2008 Mumbai attacks]]
| native_name = ذکی الرحمٰن لکھوی
}}
'''Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pakistan-court-adjourns-zaki-ur-rehman-lakhvi-hearing-as-judge-on-leave-749843|title=Pakistan Court Adjourns Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi Hearing as 'Judge on Leave'|date=26 March 2015|work=NDTV.com}}</ref> ({{lang-ur|ذکی الرحمٰن لکھوی}}, born 30 December 1960) is a
| title = Zakiur
| publisher = BBC
| date = 2021-01-08
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A graduate of ''Jamia Mohammadia'' in [[Gujranwala]], an [[Ahl-e-Hadith]] school, he has been considered by [[Amir Hamza (Lashkar-e-Taiba)|Amir Hamza]], a co-founder of the LeT, as "the architect of [[Salafi jihadism|Salafi jihad]] in Pakistan
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| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/uncle-named-as-mumbai-terror-conspirator-1057699.html
| access-date = 2008-12-17}}</ref><ref name=et2008/>
After the 2008 Mumbai attacks, he was sanctioned by the [[ISIL (Da'esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee|Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee]] of the [[United Nations Security Council|UN Security Council]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=AQ Sanctions List |url=https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1267/aq_sanctions_list |website=[[un.org]]}}</ref> He is also listed on the [[United States Department of the Treasury|U.S. Department of the Treasury]]'s [[Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List|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]].<ref>{{cite web |title=LAKHVI, Zaki-ur-Rehman |url=https://sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov/Details.aspx?id=10690 |website=sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov}}</ref>
==Early life and activities==
Lakhvi was born on 30 December 1960 in the [[Okara District|Okara district]] of [[Punjab, Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/let-it-be-known-this-is-lakhvi/239498 | title=LeT It Be Known: This Is Lakhvi | magazine=Outlook | location=India | first=Amir | last=Mir | date=19 January 2009 | accessdate=19 February 2021}}</ref><ref>''Computational Analysis of Terrorist Groups: Lashkar-e-Taiba'', Springer Science & Business Media, 2012, p. 31</ref> Belonging to the Lakhokay (village) caste, his mother is Maulana Moeenuddin Lakhviʹs stepsister,<ref>Don Rassler, C. Christine Fair, Anirban Ghosh, Arif Jamal and Nadia Shoeb, [https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep05591#metadata_info_tab_contents ''The Fighters of Lashkar-e-Taiba: Recruitment, Training, Deployment and Death''],
In 1982, he would participate in the [[Afghan Jihad]], eventually becoming LeT's military chief.<ref>[[Praveen Swami]] (12 December 2009), [https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/Ties-that-bind-Lashkar-and-the-global-jihad/article16852900.ece "Ties that bind: Lashkar and the global jihad"], ''The Hindu''. Retrieved 31 March 2020.</ref>
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==2008 Mumbai attacks==
On 3 December 2008
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On 12 February 2009
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| first = Salman
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On 25 November 2009
| title = Pak anti-terror court declares Lakhvi as 26/11 mastermind
| newspaper = Express India
| date = 2009-11-25
| url = http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Pak-antiterror-court-declares-Lakhvi-as-26-11-mastermind/546107/
| access-date = 2009-11-26
| archive-date = 21 January 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120121125647/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Pak-antiterror-court-declares-Lakhvi-as-26-11-mastermind/546107/
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On 18 December 2014, two days after the [[2014 Peshawar school massacre|Peshawar school attack]] where 132 school children were massacred by [[Pakistani Taliban]], the Pakistani anti-terrorism court granted bail to Lakhvi in Mumbai attacks case against payment of surety bonds worth Rs. 500,000.<ref>{{Cite news
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| url = http://www.dawn.com/news/1151617/atc-approves-bail-of-zakiur-rehman-lakhvi-in-mumbai-attacks-case
| access-date = 2014-12-18}}</ref>
On 19 December
On 7 January 2015
==State patronage==
It is widely held that both the [[Pakistan Army]] and the [[Inter-Services Intelligence|ISI]] have ensured that crucial evidence against Lakhvi in the Mumbai terror attack case is not presented before the court.<ref name="asianage.com"/><ref name="surabhimalik, prasadsanyal"/> During his stay in [[Central Jail Rawalpindi|Adiala Jail Rawalpindi]], he was provided access to a cellphone and permission to meet his close associates.<ref name="asianage.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.asianage.com/india/pakistan-army-and-isi-want-lakhvi-out-795|title='Pakistan Army and ISI want Lakhvi out'|work=The Asian Age}}</ref><ref name="surabhimalik, prasadsanyal">{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/isi-destroyed-26-11-control-room-in-karachi-after-zaki-ur-rehman-lakhvis-arrest-abu-jundal-490231|title=ISI destroyed 26/11 control room in Karachi after Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi's arrest: Abu Jundal|author=Surabhi Malik, Prasad Sanyal|date=28 June 2012|work=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/dawood-ibrahim-protected-by-isi-lakhvi-calls-shots-in-let-abdul-karim-tunda_869901.html|title=Dawood Ibrahim protected by ISI, Lakhvi calls shots in LeT: Abdul Karim Tunda|work=Zee News|date=18 August 2013}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Nanjappa|first=Vicky|date=2020-11-20|title=Televisions, mobiles, cars, conjugal rights: The VIP Jihadis of Pakistan|url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/televisions-mobiles-cars-conjugal-rights-the-vip-jihadis-of-pakistan-3179028.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en}}</ref>
[[China]] has blocked the [[United Nations]]' attempts to place Lakhvi on its list of suspected terrorists whose financial assets should be frozen.<ref name="deccanherald2019-03-11" />
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[[Category:1960 births]]
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[[Category:People associated with the 2008 Mumbai attacks]]
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[[Category:People designated by the Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee]]
[[Category:Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List]]
[[Category:Individuals designated as terrorists by the United States government]]
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