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'No decision on handing over Imran Farooq case suspects to Britain'

As Scotland Yard reported some progress in the Imran Farooq murder case while hinting it may ask Pakistan to hand over suspects, Islamabad said no decision had been taken as yet to oblige the London police.
In a statement, a spokesman for the interior ministry said the ministry would do only what was permissible under the law.
He ruled out handing over the three accused in the case to the UK under any administrative or government decision.
A Scotland Yard team had been given access to all the three accused and the team had concluded investigations inside Pakistan this month.
Imran Farooq, a founding member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), was murdered outside his house in London in 2010. The accused in the custody of Pakistani authorities include one of the two suspected killers who left London for Sri Lanka on his way to Pakistan hours after the murder and their main facilitator in Pakistan.
Among the other two is a man suspected to have negotiated with the killers before arranging their meetings with a Karachi-based businessman who facilitated their admission to a college in the UK, visas and tickets besides providing finances for their stay in Britain. The businessman, Moazzam Ali reported to be affiliated with the MQM, is also in the custody of Pakistani authorities. His physical remand was extended for 90 more day by an anti-terrorism court in Karachi on Wednesday.
Mohsin Ali had reportedly admitted killing the MQM leader in London during separate interrogations conducted by a Pakistani team and a visiting Scotland Yard team earlier this year. Moazzam Ali, according to sources, had also named five leaders of the MQM for their alleged involvement in the murder case. One of the names was that of MQM chief Altaf Hussain.
Moazzam also admitted arranging Mohsin and Kashif Khan Kamran's travel to the UK for getting the job done.
The Scotland Yard acknowledges that there is no agreement between Pakistan and Britain for exchange of criminals, yet such an exchange is otherwise possible even without that.
In a related development, the London police have provided security to a 12-year-old who actually witnessed the murder while hiding behind bushes. The boy's appearance before the jury is vital for the case proceedings as the British law compels all witnesses to do the same. Four more eyewitnesses have also been indentified who have offered to record statements in the court.
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