Islamabad, August 26(ANI): The two men who were recently arrested at the Karachi airport in connection with the killing of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Imran Farooq in London last year, are said to be affiliated to a political party.
The arrested men had travelled to the United Kingdom on student visa, stabbed Dr Farooq to death and then flew to Sri Lanka, the Dawn quoted officials privy to details, as saying.
The accused had flown to London in August 2010 and the murder took place on September 16.
The suspects were apprehended soon after they came out of the airport in Karachi after having travelled from Colombo.
It is learnt that they were arrested on a tip-off from the British intelligence and other sources.
Their names have not been disclosed, but the sources said that President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and the country's security establishment had been informed about the matter.
Dr Farooq had co-founded the All Pakistan Mohajir Students Organisation (APMSO), the parent organisation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement, with Altaf Hussain.
He was deputy convener of the party, technically next to the MQM chief, but he left the party in 2009 after developing differences over organisational matters.
The arrest of the suspected killers is considered to be a major breakthrough in the murder case. (ANI)
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