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No restrictions on Altaf Hussain's movement: British HC
[Dawn] The British High Commissioner Adam Thomson said Monday that MQM chief Altaf Hussain is a free citizen and no restrictions have been made on his movement, DawnNews reported."Reports of Altaf Hussain's arrest are false whereas Imran Farooq's murder investigation will be completed soon," said Thomson. Thomson said that the Scotland Yard is proactively investigating Imran Farooq's murder case and will soon reach a final conclusion. When inquired about the letter sent to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair by the MQM chief he replied "you should ask Altaf Hussain about it" whereas he said he cannot comment on MQM member Nasreen Jalil's letter. "We wish to see Pakistain developing and stable at every step and Britannia should not be dragged into Pakistain's internal affairs but it's true that the political situation in Pakistain is interesting," said Thomson. Separately, the Interior Minister Rehman Malik Pak politician, current Interior Minister under the Gilani administration. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. He later joined the Pak Peoples Party and was chief security officer to Bhutto. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Näwaz Shärif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. while speaking to the media said that MQM chief Altaf Hussain is not anti-Pakistain. Posted by: Fred 2011-08-30 |
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