London police team arrive­s in Islama­bad to conduc­t invest­igatio­n into MQM-L chief Altaf Hussai­n's Aug 22 speech­KARACHI: A police team from London on Monday visited the FIA Headquarter to record the statement of six witnesses of the Sindh police in the hate speech case against Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London chief Altaf Hussain. Sources said the police officers sought more time to record their statement. Hussain had delivered a fiery speech during his address to the party workers on August 22, 2016 after which the workers vandalised a media office in Karachi and chanted anti-Pakistan slogans. The IO informed the court that a London police team had arrived in Islamabad and police officials dealing with the case had been directed to immediately rush to Islamabad along with material evidence to appear before the London police team. The eight other accused who are still at large include MQM founder, Aslam Afridi, Zakir Qureshi, Rafi Akbar, Akram Rajput, Arif Khan and Javed Kazmi.

Source: The Express Tribune April 08, 2019 16:07 UTC