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Dr. Imran Farooq murder case: Indictment postponed again

Islamabad (May 11, 2017): The framing of charges against the suspects in Dr. Imran Farooq murder case was postponed once again at the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) hearing the case here.

The ATC adjourned the hearing of the case till May 25. The court also extended the judicial remand of suspects Khalid Shamim, Moazzam Ali, and Mohsin Ali for another 14 days.

The court adjourned the hearing of the case due to hearing of the case pending hearing before the High Court.

The slain politician was stabbed and bludgeoned to death near his apartment in London, UK in September 2010.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Imran Farooq, aged 50, was on his way home from work on September 16, 2010 when he was murdered on Green Lane, Edgware outside his London home. A post-mortem examination had found that he died from multiple stab wounds and blunt trauma to the head.

Dr Farooq had claimed asylum in Britain in 1999. He was wanted in Pakistan on 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.

The FIA had registered a case against MQM chief Altaf Hussein and other party leaders on December 5, 2015 for their alleged involvement in the murder.

The FIA’s counter-terrorism wing had registered a case under the relevant clauses of the Anti-Terrorism Act and clauses pertaining to conspiracy, assistance, abatement and assassination/murder have also been incorporated in the FIR.

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