Sources say Pakistan might give access to or extradite key suspect. PHOTO: AFP
In this regard, a top official from the United Kingdom called on Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Tuesday and discussed the developments made in the case, said a source.
Farooq was 50 when, on September 16, 2010, he was murdered in Green Lane near his London residence. His autopsy report said he had suffered multiple stab wounds and blunt trauma to the head.
He had gone into hiding in 1992 after a government-mandated military crackdown was launched against the MQM in Karachi. He sought asylum in Britain seven years later.
During Tuesday’s meeting, the subject of access to and extradition of key suspect Moazzam Ali Khan also came under discussion.
Moazzam has been accused of arranging visas, tickets and accommodation in England for Farooq’s suspected killers, believed to be already in police custody in Pakistan.
Sources said Pakistani authorities might either give the UK officials access to the key suspect or they might extradite him.
When pointed out that Pakistan and the UK do not have an extradition treaty, a source said the ‘possibility of extradition cannot be ruled out’.
The UK authorities would also be provided with the findings of the joint investigation team that had interrogated Moazzam, added the source.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 13th, 2015.
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