article_snippet.sent: Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, a top leader of the terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba, was released early Friday from a jail in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, according to Yahya Mujahid, spokesman for Jamaat-ud-Dawa, a group with which Lakhvi is affiliated.
article_snippet.sent: Lakhvi still faces trial in the case.
article_snippet.sent: But the Lahore High Court granted Lakhvi bail last year, a decision the Pakistani government said the Pakistani government would challenge.
article_snippet.sent: That challenge lasted until Thursday, when the Lahore High Court ordered Lakhvi release, CNN affiliate and Pakistani outlet GEO News reported.
article_snippet.sent: Lakhvi posted bail totaling 2 million Pakistani rupees (more than $19,000), according to GEO News.
article_snippet.sent: India, Pakistan's neighbor and rival, condemned Lakhvi's bail release on Friday.
highlights_snippet.sent: A court granted the suspect bail last year .