FIA registers case against MQM chief for involvement in Dr Imran Farooq's murder
FIA nominates Muhammad Anwar, Iftikhar Hussain, Moazzam Ali Khan and Khalid Shamim as well
Dr Imran Farooq. PHOTO: FILE
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) registered on Saturday a case against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain and other party leaders for alleged involvement in the murder of former party leader Dr Imran Farooq.
FIA's counter-terrorism wing in Islamabad has filed the case which has been registered under section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).
Pakistan to prosecute Imran Farooq murder suspects
Apart from the MQM chief, Muhammad Anwar, Iftikhar Hussain, Moazzam Ali Khan and Khalid Shamim have been nominated in the FIR.
Reacting to media reports of the case against the MQM chief, party spokesperson Aminul Haque said, "We heard heard about the case from media reports."
"The timing of the registration of the case is surprising, it seems like a mala fide intention," he added. Further, Haque questioned, "Cases are registered at the scene of crime then why was it registered in Pakistan." he questioned.
Earlier, Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan had stated that the federal government has decided to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) in Dr Imran Farooq murder case in Pakistan.
Dr Farooq was stabbed and bludgeoned to death near his apartment in Green Lane, Edgware, in September 2010. Investigators from the London Metropolitan Police, which has been investigating the assassination, flew into Pakistan in July and September this year to interrogate the suspects – Moazzam Ali Khan, Khalid Shamim and Mohsin Ali – who are in custody of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies.
Scotland Yard concludes investigation in Imran Farooq murder case
Moazzam Ali, who had allegedly facilitated Farooq’s killers, was arrested in March from Karachi while Khalid Shamim and Mohsin Ali, were arrested by the Frontier Corps Balochistan in Chaman – a town on the border with Afghanistan.
“The decision to lodge an FIR in Pakistan has been taken after observing London police’s silence on the fate of the three suspects. British authorities did not make any request for the extradition of these suspects,” Pakistan’s security czar told a news conference on Tuesday.
FIA's counter-terrorism wing in Islamabad has filed the case which has been registered under section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).
Pakistan to prosecute Imran Farooq murder suspects
Apart from the MQM chief, Muhammad Anwar, Iftikhar Hussain, Moazzam Ali Khan and Khalid Shamim have been nominated in the FIR.
Reacting to media reports of the case against the MQM chief, party spokesperson Aminul Haque said, "We heard heard about the case from media reports."
"The timing of the registration of the case is surprising, it seems like a mala fide intention," he added. Further, Haque questioned, "Cases are registered at the scene of crime then why was it registered in Pakistan." he questioned.
Earlier, Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan had stated that the federal government has decided to lodge a First Information Report (FIR) in Dr Imran Farooq murder case in Pakistan.
Dr Farooq was stabbed and bludgeoned to death near his apartment in Green Lane, Edgware, in September 2010. Investigators from the London Metropolitan Police, which has been investigating the assassination, flew into Pakistan in July and September this year to interrogate the suspects – Moazzam Ali Khan, Khalid Shamim and Mohsin Ali – who are in custody of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies.
Scotland Yard concludes investigation in Imran Farooq murder case
Moazzam Ali, who had allegedly facilitated Farooq’s killers, was arrested in March from Karachi while Khalid Shamim and Mohsin Ali, were arrested by the Frontier Corps Balochistan in Chaman – a town on the border with Afghanistan.
“The decision to lodge an FIR in Pakistan has been taken after observing London police’s silence on the fate of the three suspects. British authorities did not make any request for the extradition of these suspects,” Pakistan’s security czar told a news conference on Tuesday.