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| UK agrees to hand over Imran Farooq murder case evidence to Pakistan |
| 2019-09-18 |
| [DAWN] The United Kingdom has agreed to hand over evidence to Pakistan in connection with the Imran Farooq murder case, it emerged on Tuesday. Toby Cadman, the lawyer for the Pakistan government, told Dawn that he had submitted the documents related to the case in the Islamabad High Court (IHC). The documents include the index of evidence as well as a letter from the UK government agreeing to share the originals. Additionally, he confirmed that Pakistan had made a request for mutual legal assistance (MLA) to transfer evidence relevant to the inquiry regarding the Muttahida Qaumi Movement leader's murder. Cadman said he is currently in Pakistan to deliver the letter of acceptance, the evidence list and to attend a hearing of the case. Meanwhile, a two-member high court bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb, overturned a trial court's verdict and allowed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take more time to collect evidence. The court said that the trial should be completed within two months after the submission of evidence. The letter of acceptance was also submitted in the court during today's hearing. Dr Farooq, a senior leader of the MQM, was murdered outside his home in London in 2010. In June, the FIA special prosecutor Khawaja Imtiaz had informed an anti-terrorism court (ATC) that the UK was ready to share evidence in the murder case provided the accused was not given the death penalty in the case of conviction. Imtiaz had told the ATC that the UK Central Authority, in response to correspondence related to sharing of evidence in the murder case, said that European laws did not permit sharing of evidence with a country where the offence was punishable by death. Related: Imran Farooq: 2016-12-03 Imran Farooq murder: ATC issues arrest warrants of three suspects Imran Farooq: 2016-01-09 Two suspects confess in Imran Farooq murder case Imran Farooq: 2015-12-06 Dr Imran Farooq murder: FIA registers case against Altaf Hussain Related: Muttahida Qaumi Movement: 2019-09-13 Altaf Hussain leaves London police station as bail extended in hate speech case Muttahida Qaumi Movement: 2019-09-09 Mayor seeks open trial of KE officials for ‘mass murder’ Muttahida Qaumi Movement: 2019-08-22 Death sentence of PTI leader’s killers commuted to life term |
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