In an important development in the murder case of MQM leader Dr Imran Farooq, the names of five persons including the party's founder were placed on the Exit Control List, sources informed.
The list of names in the request includes Kashif Kamran, Muhammad Anwar, and Iftikhar Hussain Qureshi. The names of arrested suspects Syed Mohsin Ali, Moazzam Ali and Khalid Shamim and Iftikhar Hussain Qureshi are also part of the list.
According to sources, the names will be placed on the ECL within twenty-four hours.
Administrative proceedings against the five persons commenced after the Ministry of Interior received formal requests from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
The request also includes names of arrested suspects Syed Mohsin Ali, Moazzam Ali and Khalid Shamim.
Measures were also being taken to block the National Identity Card (NIC) of the five accused commenced today, sources added.
The case
The case against MQM founder and other party leaders over Farooq’s murder was registered in December 2015 by the Federal Investigation Agency. The three accused were arrested in the same year over their reported involvement in the crime.
Relevant clauses of the anti-terrorism act and sections on conspiracy, abatement and assassination were included in the first information report.
Farooq, 50, was murdered outside his house in London on September 16, 2010. A post-mortem examination of his body revealed that he was stabbed to death.
According to the London police, a kitchen knife and a brick used in the attack were recovered from the crime site.
