Daily Times

ISLAMABAD – Minister for Interior Affairs Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Sunday disclosed through media that Pakistan would file a legal reference against Altaf Hussain – a London-based leader of the Mutahida Qaumi Movement – in London.

Addressing a press conference, he said that a legal reference would be served to the British government and the London’s metropolitan police soon. About the cases against the MQM leadership, he said that Pakistan would continue to cooperate with the UK in this regard.

“We will abide by the international laws. Money laundering is a serious crime,” he told a questioner, adding that Imran Farooq was a Pakistani and he was brutally killed. He said that all cases against the MQM chief were filed by citizens and not Sindh rangers.

“We [the government] are being blamed even if we bring peace [in Karachi] on demand of the MQM, or cooperate with the UK police in Imran Farooq’s murder probe,” he said. “We are examining Altaf Hussain’s attempt to wage war against Pakistan,” he said.

– Altaf calling Indian, NATO’s involvement in Karachi –

The minister said that the speech from MQM’s London office was an attack on Pakistan’s sovereignty. He said that no patriotic Pakistani including MQM workers could think of waging war against the state. “It is Altaf Hussain who’s calling NATO, India for involvement in Karachi,” he said.

According to officials at the Ministry of Interior Affairs, Nisar is likely to meet British High Commissioner Philip Barton to take up the issue of hate speech. A legal draft is being prepared with cooperation of Ministry of Law and Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.