NATO weapon supplies
Zulfiqar Mirza accused MQM leader Babar Ghauri of being behind the theft of NATO weapons containers. He also accused the MQM of collecting Rs 5,000 on every container which left the Karachi Port. He added that the US was providing support to the MQM.
Mirza said he had spoken to Khursheed Shah and informed him about his decision to resign, to which Shah had told him that he needed time to speak with the Prime Minister. According to Mirza his only demand was the removal of Interior Minister, Rehman Malik and that Malik’s appointment was a mistake made by President Zardari.
On the Lyari Amn (Peace) Committee, the former provincial minister said that he was with them and why was it that the army was not conducting an operation at the MQM headquarters Nine Zero.
Mirza said he had spoken to Khursheed Shah and informed him about his decision to resign, to which Shah had told him that he needed time to speak with the Prime Minister. According to Mirza his only demand was the removal of Interior Minister, Rehman Malik and that Malik’s appointment was a mistake made by President Zardari.
On the Lyari Amn (Peace) Committee, the former provincial minister said that he was with them and why was it that the army was not conducting an operation at the MQM headquarters Nine Zero.
Colindale Avenue
Several political parties and groups in Karachi have joined hands to form an unofficial alliance against Muttahida Qaumi Movement and are reportedly backing Afaq Ahmed led Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi – a move that has rung alarm bells for MQM.
Muttahida leadership has ordered its activists to be vigilant round the clock and establish new pickets on its unit and sector offices, sources have told Ummat.Meanwhile, sources say, Britain for the first time was also giving consideration to Afaq group and had withheld visa for Aamir Khan – who recently dissolved his own group and surrendered to MQM- and wanted to visit MQM’s London Secretariat.
MQM become particularly concerned about possible return of Haiqiqi when Afaq’s group joined Liyari Aman Committee, Awami National Party, Punjabi Pakhtun Itehad, Sindh Dost Itehad and other parties to welcome outspoken former minister Zulfiqar Mirza at Sassi Toll Plaza at National Highway in the suburbs of Karachi. Haiqi workers carried portraits of Afaq and party flags.
Mirza, the dissident PPP leader, spoke in favour of Afaq and urged the courts to release him. Mirza said he would receive Afaq on the day of his release from jail and lead a procession to bring him to Landhi, the former stronghold of Haqiqi.
Sources say this announcement and unofficial alliance of opponents led MQM to initiate elaborate precautionary steps, including establishment of new checkpoints and increased surveillance of Landhi’s Sherpao colony, where most of Haqiqi activists took refuge to flee crackdown during Musharraf rule and maintained a temporary headquarters.
Muttahida was also keeping a watch on four other districts harboring Haqiqi workers, who are being protected by ANP and PPI and Liyari Aman Committee, sources say.
On the other hand, Britian has become careful in issuing visas to MQM leaders for the first time since 1992.
Sources say Aamir Khan, who was released from jail after apologizing to MQM leadership a few months ago, wanted to visit London to see Altaf Hussain and submitted a visa application.
MQM leader Dr. Farooq Sattar requested British High Commssion to approve visa for Aamir but his request and Aamir’s application still lingered at the diplomatic mission, sources say.
The delay was partially linked to new developments in Imran Farooq murder case but Britain is also giving consideration to Afaq and mulling whether it could afford to annoy the Haqiqi group while ensuring its interests in Karachi, they said.
In the past UK High Commission would immediately proceed visa requests with covering letter from MQM leadership.
http://ummatenglish.com/exclusive/2011/09/05/fears-of-haqiqis-return.html
There were unconfirmed reports on Saturday that British authorities are not allowing Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain to leave the country after he tried to flee London for South Africa.
The reports surfaced as sources in Pakistan reveals that two suspects, arrested at Karachi airport earlier this week in connection with Imran Farooq assassination case, could have been murdered -to destroy evidence in the high profile assassination -if they were not arrested.Reports that Altaf tried to leave London have been backed by some reliable sources and detailed by an online newspaper The London Post, which said, “Altaf Hussain was hiding in the Wrexham area close to Slough in Berkshire for the past few days. He was stopped when was going to Heathrow Airport in a private taxi. Interestingly the taxi driver was a Pakistani whom Mr Hussain thought as an English man due to his appearance. “[sic]
The newspaper said Altaf Hussain told the authorities that ‘he is leaving UK and going to South Africa for security reasons and personal protection’. But he was told that, ‘security can be provided to him in the UK’.
It is not yet clear if Altaf Hussain was detained or taken in protective custody, added The London Post.
Other sources say he was taken back to his residence and barred from leaving London.
Sources say MQM’s London secretariat was one of the two London offices raided by British police on Thursday.
Altaf could be stripped from his British nationality if MQM leadership is found involved in the murder of Imran Farooq – a dissidenter in the party when he was killed last September, sources said.
Imran Farooq murder investigation has apparently entered into final stage.
Sources say MQM activist Khalid Shamim, who has been arrested from Karachi, played important role in the murder. He was assisted by a member of MQM’s student wing the APMSO, they said adding that the second person was identified as Hamad Saddiqui.
The pair is different from the one arrested at Karachi airport on British request earlier this week.
Those arrested from the airport had been sent to Britain by Shamim and Saddiqui, who had arranged student visas for them, sources revealed.
The airport pair –still not identified- spent months in Singapore after they fled London following Imran Farooq murder, said the sources.
They traveled to South Africa and Sri Lanka before arriving in Karachi, where authorities were ready to nab them as Scotland Yard and Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency had extensively communicated on the issue, our sources add.
Khalid Shamim had planned to murder the both men soon after their arrival in the city, revealed the sources.
Another report said Shamim’s arrest came after a senior intelligence officer had contacted a high level government official linked to MQM.
Altaf Hussain had prior information on communications between Pakistani and British officials and this was one of the reasons he complained about misleading reports from FIA and IB, in a telephone conversation with President Zardari.
Sources say the pair arrested from Karachi airport were being questioned at a secret location in Islamabad and a telephone recording of their voices, tapped immediately after Farooq murder, had been played to them.
This, the sources said, help glean more information from the two men.
Meanwhile, sources in MQM London secretariat say Altaf Hussain did not leave his home and there was no question of his detention or arrest.
http://ummatenglish.com/exclusive/2011/08/27/the-escape-attempt-and-plan-to-murder-suspects.html
Plot to Kill
A letter likely to point to the murderers of former Sindh governor Hakim Said has been allegedly recovered by Scotland Yard from the house of slain Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Dr Imran Farooq.
Earlier, several MQM workers, allegedly involved in Said’s murder on October 17, 1998, were arrested and subsequently sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court. However, on May 31, 2001, the Sindh High Court acquitted all the accused in the case.
The letter, said to have been written to Dr Farooq by one Javed Turk, is part of a number of documents impounded from the MQM leader’s house as part of the ongoing investigations into his murder.
The investigating agency is translating the letter from Urdu to English for possible clues, sources said.
Said, who established Hamdard Foundation in 1948, was a well known scholar and philanthropist.
Farooq Murder probe
Translated documents, recovered from Farooq’s house, are helping Scotland Yard zero-in on possible suspects in Farooq’s murder case, sources said.
Scotland Yard has recently questioned on caution one person and also carried out house and office raids in the UK in connection with Dr Farooq’s murder. The person questioned on caution is believed to have links with an important Pakistan-based political party.
Knowledgeable sources have claimed that the MQM UK chapter has taken strong exception to the direction the murder case probe has taken and has even reportedly protested to the UK government.
Last month in one of his telephonic speeches from London, MQM chief Altaf Hussain had alleged that Pakistan’s civilian agencies – the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) – had provided ‘misleading information’ to Scotland Yard. Hussain implied that the information sent by the agencies had attempted to implicate the MQM in Dr Farooq’s murder.
However, both Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) and the High Commission in the UK have denied knowledge of any such communication between IB and FIA and the Scotland Yard. According to them, as per rules, all communication has to pass through the FO and Pakistan’s High Commission.
Scotland Yard is said to be treating the case of Dr Farooq’s murder with high priority and are trying their level best to apprehend the killers before September 16. Circumstantial evidence indicates that the suspected murderers have left the UK for, most probably, Colombo.
Three suspects arrested from Karachi Airport
According to sources, a non-civilian Pakistani intelligence agency had detained three suspects some months ago from Karachi in connected with Dr Farooq’s murder. They were handed over to the law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) last month, sources familiar with the matter revealed.
They said that contrary to media reports, the suspects – Khalid Shamim and two young boys – were not taken into custody on a tip from Scotland Yard.
Their purported arrest from the Karachi airport on a tip from Scotland Yard was allegedly leaked to the media by Interior Minister Rehman Malik. However, the British police were reportedly surprised themselves, when the news of the arrest and Scotland Yard’s ‘tip-off’ broke.
Furthermore, the Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System (PISCES) installed at the Karachi airport did not support the arrest of Shamim and his accomplices.
The plot
Sources further revealed that Shamim was given the task of killing Dr Farooq in London. He sought help from a man named Hammad Siddiqi, who provided him with two boys as his accomplices. Shamim is said to have arranged student visas for the boys.
Upon their arrival in London, sources added, the boys were briefed about Dr Farooq’s routine by an unidentified man. Dr Farooq was murdered by the boys close to his house, sources said. Sources added that following the murder, the boys left for Colombo instead of coming back to Pakistan to mislead investigators.
After reaching Colombo, they allegedly contacted Shamim, who ordered them to come back to Pakistan. A non-civilian secret agency recorded all the conversations between Shamim and the boys. According to sources, Shamim had planned to murder the boys upon their arrival in Karachi.
Confession
The agencies detained the boys when they reached Karachi from Colombo and were made to listen to all the recordings of their conversations. According to sources, after listening to the recordings, they themselves confessed to the murder of Imran Farooq in the presence of the non-civilian intelligence agency personnel. Although Shamim presented the facts in a different context, statements of all three of the accused proved comparable at the end, sources familiar with the matter further revealed.
After thorough interrogation and extracting complete information, the inquiring agency’s provincial (Sindh) chapter sent a detailed report to its headquarters. After getting approval, the culprits were handed over to the LEAs last month for registration of criminal cases and prosecution.
Meanwhile, increased visits and meetings of UK officials, particularly intelligence liaison officers, police liaison officers, as well as undercover officials of UK intelligence agencies have been observed by the FIA headquarters in Islamabad during August.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/244548/investigators-stumble-on-hakim-said-murder-clues/
Earlier, several MQM workers, allegedly involved in Said’s murder on October 17, 1998, were arrested and subsequently sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court. However, on May 31, 2001, the Sindh High Court acquitted all the accused in the case.
The letter, said to have been written to Dr Farooq by one Javed Turk, is part of a number of documents impounded from the MQM leader’s house as part of the ongoing investigations into his murder.
The investigating agency is translating the letter from Urdu to English for possible clues, sources said.
Said, who established Hamdard Foundation in 1948, was a well known scholar and philanthropist.
Farooq Murder probe
Translated documents, recovered from Farooq’s house, are helping Scotland Yard zero-in on possible suspects in Farooq’s murder case, sources said.
Scotland Yard has recently questioned on caution one person and also carried out house and office raids in the UK in connection with Dr Farooq’s murder. The person questioned on caution is believed to have links with an important Pakistan-based political party.
Knowledgeable sources have claimed that the MQM UK chapter has taken strong exception to the direction the murder case probe has taken and has even reportedly protested to the UK government.
Last month in one of his telephonic speeches from London, MQM chief Altaf Hussain had alleged that Pakistan’s civilian agencies – the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) – had provided ‘misleading information’ to Scotland Yard. Hussain implied that the information sent by the agencies had attempted to implicate the MQM in Dr Farooq’s murder.
However, both Pakistan’s Foreign Office (FO) and the High Commission in the UK have denied knowledge of any such communication between IB and FIA and the Scotland Yard. According to them, as per rules, all communication has to pass through the FO and Pakistan’s High Commission.
Scotland Yard is said to be treating the case of Dr Farooq’s murder with high priority and are trying their level best to apprehend the killers before September 16. Circumstantial evidence indicates that the suspected murderers have left the UK for, most probably, Colombo.
Three suspects arrested from Karachi Airport
According to sources, a non-civilian Pakistani intelligence agency had detained three suspects some months ago from Karachi in connected with Dr Farooq’s murder. They were handed over to the law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) last month, sources familiar with the matter revealed.
They said that contrary to media reports, the suspects – Khalid Shamim and two young boys – were not taken into custody on a tip from Scotland Yard.
Their purported arrest from the Karachi airport on a tip from Scotland Yard was allegedly leaked to the media by Interior Minister Rehman Malik. However, the British police were reportedly surprised themselves, when the news of the arrest and Scotland Yard’s ‘tip-off’ broke.
Furthermore, the Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System (PISCES) installed at the Karachi airport did not support the arrest of Shamim and his accomplices.
The plot
Sources further revealed that Shamim was given the task of killing Dr Farooq in London. He sought help from a man named Hammad Siddiqi, who provided him with two boys as his accomplices. Shamim is said to have arranged student visas for the boys.
Upon their arrival in London, sources added, the boys were briefed about Dr Farooq’s routine by an unidentified man. Dr Farooq was murdered by the boys close to his house, sources said. Sources added that following the murder, the boys left for Colombo instead of coming back to Pakistan to mislead investigators.
After reaching Colombo, they allegedly contacted Shamim, who ordered them to come back to Pakistan. A non-civilian secret agency recorded all the conversations between Shamim and the boys. According to sources, Shamim had planned to murder the boys upon their arrival in Karachi.
Confession
The agencies detained the boys when they reached Karachi from Colombo and were made to listen to all the recordings of their conversations. According to sources, after listening to the recordings, they themselves confessed to the murder of Imran Farooq in the presence of the non-civilian intelligence agency personnel. Although Shamim presented the facts in a different context, statements of all three of the accused proved comparable at the end, sources familiar with the matter further revealed.
After thorough interrogation and extracting complete information, the inquiring agency’s provincial (Sindh) chapter sent a detailed report to its headquarters. After getting approval, the culprits were handed over to the LEAs last month for registration of criminal cases and prosecution.
Meanwhile, increased visits and meetings of UK officials, particularly intelligence liaison officers, police liaison officers, as well as undercover officials of UK intelligence agencies have been observed by the FIA headquarters in Islamabad during August.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/244548/investigators-stumble-on-hakim-said-murder-clues/
Hiding in Wrexham
MQM had approved Jinnahpur conspiracy in a January 1991 meeting that was attended by Azeem Ahmed Tariq, Imran Farooq, Farooq Sattar and Altaf Hussain. Jinnahpur idea had been floated by Imran Farooq but when Aamir Khan and Afaq picked up on the plan they had a disagreement with Altaf Hussain. They later broke away from the party to form MQM-Haqiqi but first they tried to convince Altaf Hussain that public would not welcome the plan.
http://ummatenglish.com/exclusive/2011/09/03/%E2%80%98jinnahpur-maps-existed%E2%80%99.html
Altaf Hussain was hiding in the Wrexham area close to Slough in Berkshire for the past few days. He was stopped when was going to Heathrow Airport in a private taxi. Interestingly the taxi driver was a Pakistani whom Mr Hussain thought as an English man due to his appearance. Altaf Hussain told the authorities that ‘he is leaving UK and going to South Africa for security reasons and personal protection’. But he was told that, ‘security can be provided to him in the UK’.
http://ummatenglish.com/exclusive/2011/08/27/the-escape-attempt-and-plan-to-murder-suspects.html
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http://ummatenglish.com/exclusive/2011/09/03/%E2%80%98jinnahpur-maps-existed%E2%80%99.html
Altaf Hussain was hiding in the Wrexham area close to Slough in Berkshire for the past few days. He was stopped when was going to Heathrow Airport in a private taxi. Interestingly the taxi driver was a Pakistani whom Mr Hussain thought as an English man due to his appearance. Altaf Hussain told the authorities that ‘he is leaving UK and going to South Africa for security reasons and personal protection’. But he was told that, ‘security can be provided to him in the UK’.
http://ummatenglish.com/exclusive/2011/08/27/the-escape-attempt-and-plan-to-murder-suspects.html
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