Pakistan agrees to hand over Imran Farooq’s killers to UK
Afzal Nadeem Dogar Thursday, February 27, 2014
From Print Edition
KARACHI: An agreement between the governments of Pakistan and the UK has reportedly been reached in connection with handing over of two Pakistani nationals wanted in the Imran Farooq murder case.
Sources said that Mohsin Ali Syed and Kashif Khan Kamran are wanted by the British government in the murder case of Imran Farooq. Both were in the custody of the authorities in Pakistan since they were arrested at Karachi airport. Under the ‘give and take’ accord, the British government will hand over two Baloch extremists to Pakistan in exchange for these accused wanted in Britain.
According to sources, all the terms and conditions have been finalised and implementation on this agreement is expected take place soon.
The sources further revealed that Khalid Shamim, who made telephonic contact from Karachi with the killers in London 12 minutes after the killing of Imran Farooq and was arrested by the secret agencies, would be kept in Pakistan.
According to the sources, both Mohsin Ali Syed and Kashif Khan Kamran confessed to murdering Imran Farooq. They said that after committing the ghastly act they travelled to Colombo and from there they travelled to Pakistan. Khalid Shamim was to receive them at the Karachi airport.