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| Pakistani court convicts three men in politician's murder in London |
| 2020-06-19 |
| [Jpost] A Pak court on Thursday sentenced three men to life in prison for their part in the liquidation of a Pak political leader who was stabbed to death in London in 2010, a government prosecutor said. Imran Farooq, 50, was a founding member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... (MQM) but had moved to London and had not been active in the party for about two years. He was on his way home from work in north London when he was attacked. The three accused were members of the party. Their motives were unclear. Besides their life sentences, the three were each fined 1 million Pak rupees ($6,050), the prosecutor, Khawaja Mohammad Imtiaz, told news hounds. Britannia gave Pakistain legal assistance, sharing evidence and having its officers testify at the trial, according Toby Cadman, counsel to a Pak government barrister, Toby Cadman. Imtiaz said it was first trial of its kind in Pakistain. "There are hardly any examples in the world that an offence is committed in one country and the trial is conducted in another," he said. Farooq's death marked the start of cracks in the leadership of the MQM. The ethnic party, which held sway for decades in Pakistain's commercial capital, Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , later split into several factions. The party represents Urdu-speaking |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 so how much are they paying them? |
| Posted by: Chris 2020-06-19 01:14 |