Pakistan's Supreme Court today granted bail to Malik Ishaq,one of the founders of banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and a key suspect in the attack on Sri Lankan cricket team at Lahore in 2009. Ishaq had appealed to the Supreme Court to overturn the Lahore High Court's decision rejecting his bail plea. The case was heard by Justice M A Shahid Siddiqui at the Lahore registry. Ishaq is accused of planning an attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in March,2009 in which six Pakistani policemen and a van driver were killed and five of the visiting players were wounded. Police have accused Ishaq of masterminding the attack on the Sri Lankan team while he was serving a prison term. According to the defence attorney,the chargers against Ishaq could not be proved and thus the court approved his bail. The court has directed him to submit two separate security bonds worth Rs 500,000. The attack had led to foreign teams totally boycotting tours to Pakistan because of security concerns.
