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| India-Pakistan |
| Possible breakthrough |
| 2015-06-20 |
[DAWN] AS the latest developments indicate, it seems there has been some forward movement at last in the Dr Imran Farooq murder case. On Thursday, two men wanted in the senior MQM leader's 2010 murder in London, were picked up from Chaman, the border town on the Afghan frontier, by security forces. The two suspects were reportedly incarceratedYez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! by the Frontier Corps ...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and anti-smuggling operations.... when they tried to enter the country from Afghanistan while an FC official said they had been in that country for some time. This development adds a strange twist to the case, as it had earlier been suspected that two individuals involved in the murder were in the custody of Pak intelligence. Are the two suspects -- Mohsin Ali and Khalid Shamim -- arrested at the Afghan border the same men? Earlier this year, another suspect, Moazzam Ali, had been arrested from Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... . He was said to have provided logistical support to Dr Farooq's killers. The whereabouts of yet another key suspect, Kashif Khan Kamran, is still not known. If the men arrested at Chaman are indeed the ones involved in the murder of Dr Farooq, then their capture would be a major breakthrough. However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... several questions remain. An important one is, how did the suspects end up in Afghanistan, when it was being speculated earlier that they were in the custody of Pak intelligence, apparently whisked away from Karachi airport when one of the suspects arrived at the facility to pick up the two other suspects after Dr Farooq's murder. These missing links need to be explained by the state. Overall, we hope that the capture of the men does indeed lead to the case being resolved and to punishment for those directly involved in the killing, as well as for those aiding and abetting them. The MQM -- which has denied any links to the arrested men -- should not have any qualms about pushing for the trial of the suspects so that the killers of the senior Muttahida leader are unmasked and punished. |
| Posted by:Fred |