Relatives to get Dr Imran’s body within 48 hours

KARACHI: The dead body of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Imran Farooq would be handed over to the members of his family within next 48 hours and shifted to Pakistan within days for subsequent funeral and burial in his hometown.

The body which was kept in London’s Finchley mortuary is in custody of Scotland Yard investigators, would be handed over to his family in next 48 hours, and later, it would be shifted to Karachi for burial, a Private TV Channel quoted sources as saying on Wednesday.

Dr Imran Farooq was reportedly killed by two Asian-looking men outside his home on Green Lane, Edgware, in a knife attack when he was returning from work on September 16.

Muhammad Farooq, Dr. Imran Farooq’s father along with his wife, Senior MQM leader and Federal Minister for Overseas Pakistanis, Dr Farooq Sattar and member MQM Rabta Committee Raza Haroon left for London on Wednesday to take Dr Imran’s body.

(source:onlinenews.com.pk)

Dr. Imran Farooq’s parents meet British police

LONDON: Parents of slain MQM leader Dr. Imran Farooq met with top British police officials here on Saturday.

British police informed Dr. Farooq’s parents about the progress made so far regarding the investigation of their son’s murder.

Dr. Imran Farooq was stabbed to death outside his residence in London on September 17.

Sources say the deceased’s parents requested the British police to release their son’s dead body as soon as possible.

Dr. Shumaila Rana, widow of the murdered MQM leader, was also present on this occasion.

(source:samaa.tv)

Call for help in Dr Imran Farooq murder case

Dr Imran Farooq murder case,

MQM politician, who was a senior member of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) party, died on his way home from work as a result of multiple stab wounds and blunt trauma to the head.

The police want witnesses to come forward with details of Dr Imran Farooq's death. (PA)

He was found outside his house in Green Lane, Edgware, shortly after 17:00 BST.

News of the murder spread quickly to Karachi, home of Farooq's family, where people took to the streets and torched cars upon hearing the news.

And police have now called upon potential witnesses of the violence to make themselves known so they can try and hunt Dr Farooq's killers.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: 'Police want to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time or saw the attack.'

He added: 'A post-mortem took place at Finchley Mortuary yesterday and gave cause of death as multiple stab wounds and blunt trauma to the head.'

Dr Farooq fled to England after claiming asylum in 1999 and reports now suggest the killing was a politically motivated assassination.

(source:metro.co.uk)