Prime suspect in Imran Farooq murder arrested in Karachi: Nisar
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Dr Imran Farooq. — File photo
ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Monday said the primary suspect in Dr Imran Farooq's murder case had been arrested from Karachi and will be presented in court tomorrow (Tuesday).
Speaking to reporters in Islamabad, Nisar Ali Khan said that the case should not be politicised and the name of the suspect will be made public when he is presented in court tomorrow.
"Since the past year our intelligence agencies were making all efforts to arrest the central character behind the incident," Nisar said.
That person has been arrested through operations by Pakistan's security and intelligence agencies, he added.
"I have said on multiple occasions that it is not about politics, it is about murder, and the point is to bring those responsible for it before the law," Nisar said.
Nisar said a JIT will also be formed to investigate the case, and a proper application for that will be submitted in the next two days.
What ever information we had, we shared it with Scotland Yard and the British government, said the interior minister.
Nisar talking to reporters.- DawnNews screengrab
Not long ago, Nisar had said in the Parliament that Farooq’s muder as well as a March 11 security raid on the MQM headquarters in Karachi and some subsequent outbursts by the MQM chief Altaf Hussain against Pakistan’s military were discussed when British High Commissioner Philp Barton came to meet him in Islamabad.
Also read: Nisar talks of ‘proofs’ of Imran Farooq’s murder.
MQM leader Dr Imran Farooq, aged 50, was on his way home from work when he was murdered in Green Lane on September 16, 2010 outside his London home. A post-mortem examination found that he died from multiple stab wounds and blunt trauma to the head.
Farooq claimed asylum in Britain in 1999. He was wanted in Pakistan over scores of charges including torture and murder but always claimed the accusations were politically motivated.
He had twice been elected as a lawmaker in Pakistan but went into hiding in 1992 when the government ordered a military crackdown against MQM activists in Karachi.
