Shumaila Farooq, widow of slain Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Imran Farooq, on Monday told an Islamabad anti-terrorism court (ATC) that she had met two former members of the MQM’s student wing who were in London to allegedly kill her husband. She confirmed meeting accused Mohsin Ali Syed and Kashif Khan Kamran, who had allegedly approached her husband introducing themselves as Dr Farooq’s ‘fans and followers’. After Shumaila, neighbours of the former MQM leader, who saw suspects Mohsin Ali Syed and Kashif Khan Kamran attack Dr Imran Farooq with bricks and knives, will also be questioned. Last year, Pakistan’s lawyer in the UK for the murder case, Toby Cadman, said Britain had handed “compelling evidence” to Islamabad. Cadman had said that those involved in the murder and conspiracy of the MQM’s slain founding leader, Dr Imran Farooq, would not be able to get away from justice — nine years after the assassination.

Source: Pakistan Today February 03, 2020 15:56 UTC