Police have arrested a prominent Pakistani politician in London. The Metropolitan police said a man in his 60s had been arrested over speeches linked to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) movement in Pakistan. The MQM said its founder Altaf Hussain had been “taken for an interview at a London police station”. Officers searched an address in north-west London where Hussain was detained and a separate commercial address in the same area. Critics include Imran Khan, the cricketer turned prime minister, who in 2007 presented a dossier to No 10 urging the government to have Hussain arrested and prosecuted under counter-terrorism laws.

Source: The Guardian June 11, 2019 17:08 UTC