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Scotland Yard grills key suspect in Imran Farooq murder case

Islamabad - Pakistan gave access to UK authorities to key accused in MQM leader's murder case days after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan met British Home Secretary Theresa May in London.

A Scotland Yard team quizzed a key accused in the Muttahida Qaumi Movement senior leader Imran Farooq's murder case on Wednesday, a step towards concluding the investigation in the high-profile case.
A three-member investigation team of Scotland Yard after meeting the head of joint investigation team, Inam Ghani, questioned Mohsin Ali, a key accused in Imran Farooq's case.
"The Scotland Yard team will conclude its investigation in this high profile case this week in Pakistan," a senior official of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said.
The team has recorded Mohsin's statement and will meet other officials from Rangers, FIA and Ministry of Interior this week, he added.
Pakistan gave access to UK authorities to key accused in MQM leader's murder case days after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan met British Home Secretary Theresa May in London.
According to the official, Nisar and his counterpart discussed "an option of handing all three of the accused to Scotland Yard."
"It is a part of our negotiations with the UK as the interior minister took up the issues of MQM supremo's anti-state speeches as well as Baloch separatists causing unrest in Karachi and Balochistan during his London visit," he added.
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