UK police to seek Pak help in Imran Farooq murder probe : The NEWS

[Pak1stani]

UK police to seek Pak help in Imran Farooq murder probe

LONDON: Pakistani security agencies picked up two suspects in the Dr Imran Farooqs murder case after being tipped off by Scotland Yard, but since then Pakistan has not shared any information about their fate with the Counter-Terrorism Command Unit in London, The News has learnt.

A letter from Scotland Yard will be sent to Pakistan very shortly to formally ask for the cooperation in this matter but it will not ask for the extradition of the two men as the two countries dont have an extradition treaty, a source familiar with the investigation said to this scribe.

The absence of such a treaty has not thwarted cooperation between the police forces of the two countries as Britain has come down heavily on drug traffickers in recent years on the basis of the tip-offs provided by Pakistani authorities and that gives hope to investigators at the Scotland Yard that Pakistani authorities sooner or later will come round to discuss as to what happened to the two men who the investigators want to speak to in connection with the two men.

The two Pakistani men were arrested as they landed in Karachi after having assassinated Dr Imran Farooq, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Convenor who was killed outside his home three years ago on 16 September 2010. They didnt travel directly to Pakistan and spent several days in at least two other countries before finally deciding to fly to Karachi.

Members of Pakistans security agencies laid in waiting for them and picked them as soon as the two were identified to be the suspects, said the source. The operation was fronted by the police but the men were taken over within minutes by the spy agencies and since then the two have become whats now known in Pakistan as the missing persons.

No information about the two men has been shared with Scotland Yard so far, said the source. On November 11, 2012, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe disclosed exclusively to Geo News that two suspects were in the custody of Pakistani authorities but during the PPP government, the fate of the two men became a muddled affair.

The name of Khalid Shamim has already been mentioned in a Pakistani court but its not clear whether Shamim is also sought by the Scotland Yard in relation to the murder conspiracy.

Rehman Malik, the then Interior Minister, issued a denial about the presence of the two in police custody.

Technically, Rehman Malik was not wrong because the two men at that time - as now - are not in police custody and increasingly the breakthrough in Dr Imran Farooqs case is now linked with these two men.

Source told The News that Scotland Yard had provided graphic details of the two men to Pakistani counterparts - their names as appeared on passports and their photographs. The police had clear images of the two men but their details are not being released due to operational reasons and the growing confidence of the police that it has made developments since December last year.

The police also believe that not only the two men were shadowed and helped throughout their journey in and out of London but also a wider network of people in London, Pakistan and at least in two other countries remained involved in the operation throughout that succeeded, unfortunately, as Dr Imran Farooq was killed in a highly professional manner, setting off an investigation that has cost British taxpayer millions of Pounds and have become a question mark for the credibility of one of the best police forces in the world.

It is believed that Scotland Yard will also share with the Pakistani authorities information about several other characters -based in Karachi - who are believed to have played a role in the sophisticated assassination plot of Dr Imran Farooq, who, according to the investigators, was planning to launch his party after having been sidelined from the MQM.

The name of a Karachi businessman - the owner of a freight company - is of huge significance to the investigators as this businessman is believed to have obtained visas for the killers using his companys credentials. This businessman provided all the paperwork that is required for obtaining visas and confirmed that the applicants worked for him in senior positions and wanted to visit London for business purposes.

When asked to comment on at least 10 questions concerning the two men, the killing plot, the Karachi businessman and what help Pakistan could offer to Britain, a Scotland Yard spokesman refused to go into details and said that answering these questions will jeopardise the sensitive investigation and the developments made so far.

As Dr Imran Farooqs 3rd assassination anniversary approaches tomorrow (Monday), Scotland Yard is set to issue another public appeal for help in the arrest of killers but the appeal will contain only limited new information.

The MQM has always said that it has nothing to do with Dr Imran Farooqs killing and that it has helped the police in its investigations.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-Ne...to-seek-Pak-help-in-Imran-Farooq-murder-probe

 

[mehwish_ali]

- Murtaza Ali Shah has pure prejudice against MQM.

- "UNKNOWN" sources.... All his reports are based upon "unknown" sources (this one too).

- He does not tell the people that UK interior minister has categorically denied that intelligence of any 2 people have been provided to Pakistani Agencies from any UK Agency. All this is a lie.

- London police made it clear that their chief gave that statement about 2 suspects on the bases of news that were published by Pakistani Media.

 

[Liberal Fascist]

نواز شریف کیلئے صدارتی انتخابات میں لی ووٹوں کی بوری کا احسان چُکانے کا سُہانا موقع ہے۔​

 

[Sher ka shikari]

- Murtaza Ali Shah has pure prejudice against MQM.

- "UNKNOWN" sources.... All his reports are based upon "unknown" sources (this one too).

- He does not tell the people that UK interior minister has categorically denied that intelligence of any 2 people have been provided to Pakistani Agencies from any UK Agency. All this is a lie.

- London police made it clear that their chief gave that statement about 2 suspects on the bases of news that were published by Pakistani Media.

Must be nice to live in denial land.

 

[Raaz]

- Murtaza Ali Shah has pure prejudice against MQM.

- "UNKNOWN" sources.... All his reports are based upon "unknown" sources (this one too).

- He does not tell the people that UK interior minister has categorically denied that intelligence of any 2 people have been provided to Pakistani Agencies from any UK Agency. All this is a lie.

- London police made it clear that their chief gave that statement about 2 suspects on the bases of news that were published by Pakistani Media.

بی بی جلد ہی پتہ لگ جے گا
روتی کیوں ہو

 

[mehwish_ali]

http://tribune.com.pk/story/296904/...an-farooq-murder-case-british-home-secretary/

‘No arrests in Imran Farooq murder case yet’

ISLAMABAD: Contradicting an earlier statement by a fellow official, British Home Secretary Theresa May said that no arrests had been made in connection with Dr Imran Farooq murder case.
Speaking to the media after meeting Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday, May said investigations in the case are under way and denied that any arrests have been made.
She said the earlier statement on two men allegedly arrested in Pakistan was “mistakenly given” by the London police commissioner.
Earlier, on November 12, Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe claimed that two men were arrested from Karachi. The commissioner was quoted by a London-based newspaper saying the killers would not be allowed to roam freely on the streets of London. He had also said that London Police was working with Pakistan in the murder case.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik also denied that any arrests were made in the case.
“Our Foreign Office received a letter from UK ambassador in Pakistan, asking Pakistani authorities if any arrest was made in the case as published by a section of the press,” Malik said.
All intelligence agencies denied any arrests, when queried by the interior ministry, Malik added.

مخالفین کی طرف سے ابھی تک "صٖفر" ثبوت پیش کیے گئے ہیں۔

ثبوت کے بجائے ابتک ہزاروں خبریں "نامعلوم" سورس کے ذریعے پھیلائی گئی ہیں ۔

مگر ان ہزاروں "نامعلوم" خبروں کے باوجود ابھی تک یہ نہیں بتلایا گیا ہے کہ سری لنکا سے آنے والی اس فلائیٹ کا "نمبر" کیا تھا، اور کونسی تاریخ کو سری لنکا سے آنے والی فلائیٹ کو کراچی سے اسلام آباد کی طرف موڑا گیا۔


حالات یہ ہیں کہ مخالفین کی طرف سے خود تو ایک بھی ثبوت پیش نہیں کیا گیا سوائے ان "مامعلوم سورسز" کے، مگر دوسری طرف جتنے بھی متعلقہ آفیشلز ہیں، ان تمام کے تمام کو متحدہ کا ایجنٹ بنا دیا گیا۔

رحمان ملک
چوہدری نثار
پاکستانی آئی ایس آئی
پاکستان کی دیگر ایجنسیاں

مس تھریسا
برطانیہ کی سیکورٹی ایجنسی ایم آئی سکس


اصول یہ ہوتا ہے کہ آپ الزام لگا رہے ہیں، تو پھر ثبوت بھی آپ کو پیش کرنا ہے۔ مگر یہاں ثبوت ہے فقط "نامعلوم سورسز" اور کیس عدالت میں رجسٹر تک نہ ہو سکا ہے مگر آپ لوگوں نے ہمیں مجرم بنا کر تختہ دار پر بھی چڑھا دیا ہے۔



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[UKPakistani]

- Murtaza Ali Shah has pure prejudice against MQM.

- "UNKNOWN" sources.... All his reports are based upon "unknown" sources (this one too).

- He does not tell the people that UK interior minister has categorically denied that intelligence of any 2 people have been provided to Pakistani Agencies from any UK Agency. All this is a lie.

- London police made it clear that their chief gave that statement about 2 suspects on the bases of news that were published by Pakistani Media.

Show us a source for this

- London police made it clear that their chief gave that statement about 2 suspects on the bases of news that were published by Pakistani Media

 

[Aijazahmed]

- Murtaza Ali Shah has pure prejudice against MQM.

- "UNKNOWN" sources.... All his reports are based upon "unknown" sources (this one too).

- He does not tell the people that UK interior minister has categorically denied that intelligence of any 2 people have been provided to Pakistani Agencies from any UK Agency. All this is a lie.

- London police made it clear that their chief gave that statement about 2 suspects on the bases of news that were published by Pakistani Media.

[MENTION=22002]Mehwish[/MENTION]:
These barking dogs now got itching, their desperation is at its peak now. No cure for these retards. Thanks for your post anyways.

 

[alimohsan52]

@Mehwish:
These barking dogs now got itching, their desperation is at its peak now. No cure for these retards. Thanks for your post anyways.

You are such a pathetic low life person. Look at your language. I thought you people will be grateful for any news of progress in the farooq murder case, however you take everything as an insult to your mohjir nation.Get a life!

 

[Raaz]

Pakistani's iron grip, wielded in opulent exile, begins to slip



Declan Walsh, The New York Times | Updated: September 13, 2013 10:53 IST

London: For two decades, Altaf Hussain has run his brutal Pakistani political empire by remote control, shrouded in luxurious exile in London and long beyond the reach of the law.

He follows events through satellite TVs in his walled-off home, manages millions of dollars in assets and issues decrees in ranting teleconferences that last for hours - all to command a network of influence and intimidation that stretches from North America to South Africa.

This global system serves a very localized goal: perpetuating Hussain's reign as the political king of Karachi, the brooding port city of 20 million people at the heart of Pakistan's economy.

"Distance does not matter," reads the inscription on a monument near Hussain's deserted former house in Karachi, where his name evokes both fear and favor.

Now, though, his painstakingly constructed web is fraying.

A British murder investigation has been closing in on Hussain, 59, and his party, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement. His London home and offices have been raided, and the police have opened new investigations into accusations of money laundering and inciting violence in Pakistan.

The scrutiny has visibly rattled Hussain, who recently warned supporters that his arrest may be imminent. And in Karachi, it has raised a previously unthinkable question: Is the end near for the untouchable political machine that has been the city's linchpin for three decades?

"This is a major crisis," said Irfan Husain, the author of "Fatal Faultlines," a book about Pakistan's relationship with the United States. "The party has been weakened, and Altaf Hussain is being criticized like never before."

Hussain's rise offers a striking illustration of the political melee in Pakistan.

His support stems from the Mohajirs, Urdu-speaking Muslims whose families moved to Pakistan after the partition from India in 1947, and who make up about half of Karachi's population. Since the 1980s, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has fiercely defended Mohajir interests, and in turn it has been carried to victory in almost every election and to an enduring place in national coalition governments as well.

Hussain fled to London in 1992, when the movement was engaged in a vicious street battle with the central government for supremacy in Karachi. The British government granted him political asylum and, 10 years later, a British passport.

London has long been the antechamber of Pakistani politics, where self-exiled leaders take refuge until they can return. The former military ruler Pervez Musharraf lived here until recently, and the current prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, lived here until 2007.

Hussain, however, shows no sign of going back. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement has an office in Edgware, in northwest London. But these days Hussain is mostly at home, in a redbrick suburban house protected by raised walls, security cameras and a contingent of former British soldiers he has hired as bodyguards.

From there, he holds court, addressing his faraway followers in a vigorous, sometimes maniacal style, punctuated by jabbing gestures and hectoring outbursts. Occasionally he bursts into song, or tears. Yet, on the other end of the line, it is not unusual to find tens of thousands of people crowded into a Karachi street, listening raptly before an empty stage containing Hussain's portrait, as his disembodied voice booms from speakers.

"The cult of personality surrounding Altaf Hussain is quite extraordinary," said Farzana Shaikh, an academic and the author of "Making Sense of Pakistan." "He is immensely charismatic, in the way one thinks of the great fascist leaders of the 20th century."

In Karachi, his overwhelmingly middle-class party is fronted by sharply dressed, well-spoken men - and a good number of women - and it has won a reputation for efficient city administration. But beneath the surface, its mandate is backed by armed gangs involved in racketeering, abduction and the targeted killings of ethnic and political rivals, the police and diplomats say.

Other major Pakistani parties indulge in similar behavior, but the Muttahida Qaumi Movement frequently brings the most muscle to the fight. A U.S. diplomatic cable from 2008 titled "Gangs of Karachi," which was published by WikiLeaks, cited estimates that the party had an active militia of 10,000 gunmen, with an additional 25,000 in reserve - a larger force, the dispatch notes, than the city police.

Many journalists who have criticized the party have been beaten, or worse, driving most of the news media in Karachi to tread lightly. In June, the Committee to Protect Journalists, a lobbying group based in New York, accused the party of organizing the killing of Wali Khan Babar, a television reporter.

In the West, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has avoided critical attention partly because it has cast itself as an enemy of Islamist militancy. In 2001, Hussain wrote a letter to then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, offering to help Britain set up a spy network against the Taliban.

Critics of the party have frequently questioned the role of British officials in facilitating its unusual system of governance. Pakistani exiles from Baluchistan, also accused of fomenting violence, have faced criminal prosecution. But Britain is not the only node of Hussain's international support network.

Through the Pakistani diaspora, the Muttahida Qaumi Movement has active branches as far afield as the United States, Canada and even South Africa, which has become an important financial hub and a haven for the group's enforcers, Pakistani investigators say.

Two police interrogation reports obtained by The New York Times cite militants from the movement who say they traveled to South Africa in between carrying out political assassinations in Karachi. One of those men, Teddy Qamar, confessed to 58 killings between 2006 and 2012, the police say. In an interview, Anis Hasan, the party's joint organizer for South Africa, denied any link to organized violence.

But if Hussain seemed immune to scrutiny at his London stronghold, his luck started to turn in September 2010 after Imran Farooq, a once-influential leader in the movement who had split from the party, was stabbed to death near his house in Edgware.

Soon after, Hussain appeared on TV, mourning Farooq with a flood of tears. But over the past year, the police investigation has turned sharply in his direction.

In December, officers from Scotland Yard's Counter Terrorism Command searched the movement's London office. Then in June they went to Hussain's home and arrested Ishtiaq Hussain, his cousin and personal assistant, who is now out on bail. The police impounded $600,000 in cash and some jewelry under laws that target the proceeds of crime.

Hussain was not available for an interview, his party said. But a senior party official, Nadeem Nusrat, speaking at the movement's London office, denied any link to Farooq's killing.

"Our conscience is clear," Nusrat said. "We have nothing to do with it."

Nusrat said the impounded money had come from political donations. And he rejected accusations, also the subject of a police inquiry, that Hussain has directly threatened political rivals, in some instances by warning that he would arrange for their "body bags."

"It's all taken out of context," Nusrat said.

Hussain has receded from public view during the recent furor. There have been rumors about mounting health problems, which Hussain's aides deny. But he cannot return to Pakistan, they say, because the Taliban could kill him.

"In Pakistan," said Muhammad Anwar, a longtime aide, "nobody can guarantee your life."

Then there are the legal threats: Over the years, dozens of murder charges have been lodged against Hussain in Pakistan, although some have been quashed in court. A more pressing question, perhaps, concerns the impact on the streets of Karachi if Hussain is forced to step down.

Some fear that without his guiding hand, tensions within the movement could split it into hostile factions - a frightening prospect in a city where political violence already claims hundreds of lives a year.

"However viciously the party conducts itself, there is an order within the apparent disorder," said Shaikh, the academic.

Even if the British government wished to crack down on Hussain, she added, it might find itself subject to appeals from the Pakistani authorities.

"The fear of Karachi going up in flames is so great," Shaikh said, "that no government can take that risk, as long as Altaf Hussain is alive."
2013, The New York Times News Service
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/13/w...reat.html?ref=declanwalsh&_r=0&pagewanted=all

 

[Raaz]

[MENTION=22002]Mehwish[/MENTION]:
These barking dogs now got itching, their desperation is at its peak now. No cure for these retards. Thanks for your post anyways.

Killers.............

Killers will be killed one day......for sure.

 

[Atif]

@Mehwish:
These barking dogs now got itching, their desperation is at its peak now. No cure for these retards. Thanks for your post anyways.

 

[Aijazahmed]

Thanks for sharing your picture dude. We didn't know how cute you are.

 

[Atif]

Thanks for sharing your picture dude. We didn't know how cute you are.

مہاجر نعرے کی طرح تمہارے مذاق بھی گھسے پِٹے ہیں کاکا۔
اچھا چلو تمہارے محترم باپ الطاف بھائی کی شخصیت پر بات کرتے ہیں
(bigsmile)

 

[wahpk]

K u t a wafadar hota hay kion becharay ki foto is kay sath laga li hay????

 

[barca]

@Mehwish:
These barking dogs now got itching, their desperation is at its peak now. No cure for these retards. Thanks for your post anyways.

 

[ranaji]

http://tribune.com.pk/story/296904/...an-farooq-murder-case-british-home-secretary/

No arrests in Imran Farooq murder case yet

ISLAMABAD: Contradicting an earlier statement by a fellow official, British Home Secretary Theresa May said that no arrests had been made in connection with Dr Imran Farooq murder case.
Speaking to the media after meeting Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Thursday, May said investigations in the case are under way and denied that any arrests have been made.
She said the earlier statement on two men allegedly arrested in Pakistan was mistakenly given by the London police commissioner.
Earlier, on November 12, Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe claimed that two men were arrested from Karachi. The commissioner was quoted by a London-based newspaper saying the killers would not be allowed to roam freely on the streets of London. He had also said that London Police was working with Pakistan in the murder case.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik also denied that any arrests were made in the case.
Our Foreign Office received a letter from UK ambassador in Pakistan, asking Pakistani authorities if any arrest was made in the case as published by a section of the press, Malik said.
All intelligence agencies denied any arrests, when queried by the interior ministry, Malik added.

مخالفین کی طرف سے ابھی تک "صٖفر" ثبوت پیش کیے گئے ہیں۔

ثبوت کے بجائے ابتک ہزاروں خبریں "نامعلوم" سورس کے ذریعے پھیلائی گئی ہیں ۔

مگر ان ہزاروں "نامعلوم" خبروں کے باوجود ابھی تک یہ نہیں بتلایا گیا ہے کہ سری لنکا سے آنے والی اس فلائیٹ کا "نمبر" کیا تھا، اور کونسی تاریخ کو سری لنکا سے آنے والی فلائیٹ کو کراچی سے اسلام آباد کی طرف موڑا گیا۔


حالات یہ ہیں کہ مخالفین کی طرف سے خود تو ایک بھی ثبوت پیش نہیں کیا گیا سوائے ان "مامعلوم سورسز" کے، مگر دوسری طرف جتنے بھی متعلقہ آفیشلز ہیں، ان تمام کے تمام کو متحدہ کا ایجنٹ بنا دیا گیا۔

رحمان ملک
چوہدری نثار
پاکستانی آئی ایس آئی
پاکستان کی دیگر ایجنسیاں

مس تھریسا
برطانیہ کی سیکورٹی ایجنسی ایم آئی سکس


اصول یہ ہوتا ہے کہ آپ الزام لگا رہے ہیں، تو پھر ثبوت بھی آپ کو پیش کرنا ہے۔ مگر یہاں ثبوت ہے فقط "نامعلوم سورسز" اور کیس عدالت میں رجسٹر تک نہ ہو سکا ہے مگر آپ لوگوں نے ہمیں مجرم بنا کر تختہ دار پر بھی چڑھا دیا ہے۔



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Allah SWT aap kaa aakhri jumla poora kray yani jaldd takhta e daar parr latak jai ameen summ ameen

 

[Young_Blood]

ye sab darama hai yaar,, iss se ziada kuj nahi,, UK Govt Altaf Hussain ko apney maqasid k liay mazeed use kerwana chahti hai, pehle to Altaf Hussain aur MQM UK k liay Jasoosi ker rahe they, ab MQM k zariay Pakistan Army k gird ghaira tung ker rahe hein,,
poori dunia janti hai k pakistan main POLITICANS to khareeedey ja sakte hein magar Pak Army jab tak majood hai Pakistan ko damage kerna aur uss k nuclear asset ko apne qabzay main lena possible nahi,, pehle PPPP ne ye attempt ke,, Memo Gate aur Kerry Logar bill k zariay, ab MQM ker rahi hai Army ko Khi main phansa ker,, Altaf Hussain 1992 se UK main hai aur Money Laundering main involve hai, hate speeches main involve hai,, threat dene main involve hai,, kya ab tak BRITISH Govt soi hoi thi, ussey sab maloom hai, aur British Govt khud iss ka hissa hai,,
so mere nazdeek ye daramay se ziada kuch nahi,,

 

[ranaji]

مہاجر نعرے کی طرح تمہارے مذاق بھی گھسے پِٹے ہیں کاکا۔
اچھا چلو تمہارے محترم باپ الطاف بھائی کی شخصیت پر بات کرتے ہیں
(bigsmile)

baghair suite tie wala ziada khoobsoorat aur wafaadaar hai

 

[ranaji]

Altaf urf kaloo bori master kaa bachpann