Islamabad –
On Saturday the government listed a murder case of Dr Imran Farooq against
Altaf Hussain, leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and other leaders
of the party.
Among others chosen in the case
are MQM leader Mohammad Anwar and Iftikhar Hussain, who are said to be close
aides of the MQM chief, and suspects Muazzam Ali Khan, Kashif Khan Kamran,
Mohsin Ali Syed and Khalid Shamim.
The case was filed by the Federal
Investigation Authority's (FIA) counter-terrorism wing in Islamabad under
Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Section
7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).The development came days after Interior
Affairs Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan announced that the FIR of the Dr Imran
Farooq murder case would be registered in Pakistan.
On Wednesday, Chaudhry Nisar said
that MQM leader Dr Farooq was a Pakistani national and it was the
responsibility of the state to bring his killers to court. He said all evidence
and investigations concerning the high-profile murder case had been exchanged
with Scotland Yard and that, after the registration of the FIR, it would be
decided how to extend the investigation process to other facilitators.
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