ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday announced that it will conduct day-to-day hearings in the case of alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, upon the request of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).

According to sources, FIA prosecutor Chaudhry Azhar filed an application on behalf of the agency requesting a day-to-day hearing in Lakhvi’s case.

Prosecutor Azhar was quoted as saying: “This case is crucial. The world’s eyes are on this case therefore it should be heard daily by IHC.”

The hearing of Lakhvi’s case will commence from Friday.

The hearing of Lakhvi’s case was scheduled at the IHC today but was postponed as the protracted case of Mumtaz Qadri, the policeman jailed for murdering Punjab governor Salman Taseer, was heard in its place.

India has relentlessly sought Lakhvi since the November 2008 attacks killed over 160 persons, including several foreigners, causing international uproar and a diplomatic storm.

Lakhvi, 54, was reportedly arrested soon after the attacks from the headquarters of the banned Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group in Muzaffarabad.

He was tried in an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on charges of training terrorists and facilitating the Mumbai terror attacks, filed by a Special Investigation Unit of Federal Investigation Agency, since 2009.