Pakistan

FC arrests two suspects involved in Dr Imran Farooq murder

FC spokesperson says suspects arrested in Chaman belong to a political party based in Karachi

Rabia Ali/Mohammad Zafar June 18, 2015

Imran Farooq. PHOTO: AFP

QUETTA: The Frontier Corps arrested on Thursday two suspects reportedly involved in MQM leader Imran Farooq's murder from the Pakistan, Afghanistan border town of Chaman.

“The men identified as Khalid Shamim and Mohsin Ali were arrested on a tip-off,” a FC spokesperson said, adding that the men belong to a political party based in Karachi.

A source, however, said the men were arrested for involvement in Dr Imran Farooq's murder.

Read: Main accomplice in Dr Imran Farooq murder arrested in Karachi: Nisar

The FC spokesperson further said, "We have decided to hand over the men to Federal Investigation Agency after startling revelations."

"The Interior Ministry has been informed about the arrests."

The government has been working on arresting the murderers of the MQM leader for months now.

Read: Imran Farooq murder: ‘Breakthrough likely in next couple of days’

As per a BBC report published in January 2105, the UK authorities had asked Pakistan to trace two suspects believed to have been involved in Farooq’s murder. Documents obtained by BBC Newsnight named the suspects as Mohsin Ali Syed and Mohammed Kashif Khan Kamran.

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.

Further raids

Expanding their investigations, Rangers raided University of Karachi on Thursday evening and confiscated records relating to Mohsin Ali, Express News reported.

According to reports, Ali studied at the department of chemistry in 2007. He used to be an ‘active member of a political party’ then.

Meanwhile, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar, while receiving a briefing from IG FC on the arrests, issued directives to shift both the suspects to Islamabad after initial investigations were completed.

MQM denies association with arrested men

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), in a statement on Thursday evening, denied that the party had any affiliation with either Khalid Shamim or Mohsin Ali Syed.

The party said that for the last four years, there were reports that the men had been arrested and were in the custody of some security agency, but their arrest was only made public today.

COMMENTS (18)

Rizwan | 9 years ago | Reply Why don’t rangers not arrest those involved in Model Town murders?

Rizwan | 9 years ago | Reply Nice article and Why don’t rangers not arrest those involved in Model Town murders?

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Jalal | 9 years ago | Reply @Punjabwala:

all the killers must be encountered

Start from Punjab, Model Town then.

Jalal | 9 years ago | Reply Why don't rangers not arrest those involved in Model Town murders? Provincial prejudice and persecution is very apparent.

Parvez | 9 years ago | Reply The more confusing this becomes....the more it becomes clear that justice will not be done.

Old Ravian | 9 years ago | Reply MQM had become unpopular after staying in power for years and doing nothing. The so called military operation has come to its rescue. Their men are being killed in "encounters" and the party is being victimized. The military is providing the much needed blood sacrifices to MQM so for it to rise again by playing the victim-hood card. It will be just like 1996, when MQM came back stronger.

khan | 9 years ago | Reply Mr Altaf Hussain resigned but has not taken his resignation back even after 48 hours.This must be a record for MQM

Luciferous | 9 years ago | Reply "Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), in a statement on Thursday evening, denied that the party had any affiliation with either Khalid Shamim or Mohsin Ali Syed." Waiting for the moment when Altaf would dissociate himself from MQM and refuse to recognize himself; it's coming! That would ring true since his current rotund self indeed does not look anything like his previous self when he escaped from Pakistan and landed in London. He would exclaim "Altaf Hussain; who is he, I am Alfred Haus a British Country Squire." He would sincereley believe it and so should everyone else! After all he is the paragon of virtues in the barren landscape of Pakistani politics!

Salman - SK | 9 years ago | Reply Reading all this saddens me because it is amply clear that our political parties and the establishment takes us for fools and imbeciles. As many commenters have pointed out, it has been common knowledge that two individuals pointed out by the British police have been in Pakistani intelligence agencies' custody from the moment they landed at Karachi Airport sometime ago. For the agencies to bring them out, not when legally required, but when it is suitable and serves their purpose just proves that they are part of the problem and not part of the solution. I sincerely believe that the agencies have all the scoop on all the corrupt parties and their leaders but the will to prosecute is just not there. On the other hand the public is also involved in this scam. Who does not know the parties which owned the Surrey Palace and who does not know the extortionists in Karachi but we continue to vote for them. So, maybe we deserve these parties and their leaders???

IBN E ASHFAQUE | 9 years ago | Reply I do not like MQM nor PPP. However, they are political parties of Pakistan and we need to manage them politically. The khakis are back to their old tricks. So sad that the country is being buggered up the nth time.

Naturally Biased | 9 years ago | Reply I do not understand the reasons for dragging this issue of MQM any longer. Zardari and Nawaz have always prioritized their political and financial interests over the rule of law in the country. The current attempt to bring some perpetrators to justice also ironically comes from the armed forces, or at least this is what it appears to be. I think the next thing should be to bring Asif Zardari and Rahman Malik to justice in their money laundering case. Nawaz should know that such action will make him stronger and more popular.

Proman | 9 years ago | Reply Parties like PPP and MQM represent an existential threat to Pakistan. Their time looks to be over now.

Acorn Guts | 9 years ago | Reply @Karachiwala: 'everyone who knows this is a lie' is also in denial.

cautious | 9 years ago | Reply How many time are you going to arrest these guys? Didn't we read an article in the last few weeks where you had arrested them and were talking with the Brits about extradition? Also - if your not going to extradite them .. why arrest them in the first place?

Naeem Khan | 9 years ago | Reply It seems the noose is getting tighter, some of the MQM die hard members are still in denial who had a hand in his murder. I will give you 2 guesses and one does not count. Don't forget that Western Countries has vested interests to bring the murderers to justice because they don't want to establish a precedence that murderers got away scot free in their countries. British hounds will not let go until they bring in the murderers, it might take them years but the case will remain open unlike Pakistan. believe me.

Aliii | 9 years ago | Reply Agencies arrested them long time ago but are being disclosed today. Dr. Shahid Masood had disclosed whole story long time ago in his program. Great job Pakistan forces. We have to wrap up all terrorist and those supporting terrorism n mafias including PPP & MQM.

Pakistanwala | 9 years ago | Reply @Karachiwala: all the killers must be encountered

Karachiwala | 9 years ago | Reply every one knows thats a lie.. they have done similar thing in 1996. arrest a person in karachi , kept him 2 years in custody, and actually killed him in encounter near quetta.

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