ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry said on Wednesday no decision had been taken as yet to hand over suspects in Dr Imran Farooq’s murder case to the United Kingdom.

In a statement, a spokesman for the interior ministry said the ministry would do only what was permissible under the law.

He ruled out handing over the three accused in the case to the UK under any administrative or government decision.

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A Scotland Yard team had been given access to all the three accused and the team had concluded investigations inside Pakistan this month.

Dr Imran Farooq, a founding member of the MQM, was murdered outside his house in London in 2010. The accused in the custody of Pakistani authorities include one of the two suspected killers who left London for Sri Lanka on his way to Pakistan hours after the murder.

Among the other two is a man suspected to have negotiated with the killers before arranging their meetings with a Karachi-based businessman who facilitated their admission to a college in UK, visas and tickets besides providing finances for their stay in the UK. The businessman, Moazzam Ali, is also under the custody of Pakistani authorities.

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2015

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