LONDON/KARACHI - The Metropolitan Police Service London (MPS) also known as Scotland Yard on Monday issued a fresh appeal for assistance in the Imran Farooq murder investigation.
On the third death anniversary of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement’s leader, the police appealed again to the people to come forward with any information that may lead to the identification, arrest and prosecution of those involved in the murder and has offered a reward of up to £20,000 in this regard.
Dr Farooq was on his way home from work when he was attacked outside his home in Green Lane, Edgware, London on September 16, 2010.
Dr Farooq, 50, died as a result of multiple stab wounds and blunt trauma to the head. A five and a half inch-bladed kitchen knife and a house brick used in the attack were recovered at the scene.
Detectives believe that Dr Farooq was about to launch a new independent political career before his death and this remains a key line of inquiry in this investigation.
MQM sends $10m notice to NYT, Declan Walsh
The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has issued a 10-million dollar defamation notice to The New York Times former Islamabad bureau chief, Declan Walsh, and the Editor, printer and publisher of the newspaper for allegedly causing disrepute to Altaf Hussain in a ‘baseless’ report published, according to the official website of the MQM.
The notice was served by MQM’s counsel Barrister Farogh Naseem which stated that the baseless reporting on behalf of the NYT had caused damage to the repute of MQM chief Altaf Hussain.
The legal notice asked the New York Times newspaper editor, it’s printer, publisher and journalist Declan Walsh to tender an un-conditional apology within seven days and warned of due legal action in case of failure to do so. It is pertinent to note here that Declan Walsh, The New York Times the then Islamabad bureau chief, was expelled from Pakistan on the eve of May 2013 general elections, after the interim government had accused him of unspecified ‘undesirable activities’.