ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has filed an application in an anti-terrorism court for the confiscation of the property of Muttahida Qaumi Movement London (MQM-L) leader Altaf Hussain and three others.
As per details, the accused were declared proclaimed offenders by the court in its last verdict regarding Dr Imran Farooq’s murder case.
The application, naming Altaf Hussain, Iftikhar Hussain, Muhammad Anwar and Kashif Khan stated that since the accused were declared proclaimed offenders by the ATC, their properties must be confiscated. However, the court accepted the application but no date for the hearing is issued as yet.
Earlier, an ATC in Islamabad had sentenced three accused in the Imran Farooq murder case to life imprisonment. The judgment was read by ATC Judge Shahrukh Arjumand as the accused appeared before the court through a video link to attend the hearing.
“The prosecution has succeeded in proving the case against all three of you,” remarked the judge during the hearing.
The accused, Khalid Shamim, Mohsin Ali Syed and Moazzam Ali had been in Adiala jail ever since they were apprehended. Their sentences will run concurrently and their time already spent in jail will count towards their sentence, according to the detailed verdict issued.
The court had ordered the sentenced individuals to pay Rs1 million each to the heirs of the murdered MQM leader.
Dr Imran Farooq was stabbed to death near his residence in London on 16th September 2010. A case was registered against the accused in December 2015 and they were indicted in May 2018.
In February 2020, a team of Scotland Yard officers arrived in Islamabad for a week to facilitate the trial taking place after the UK and Pakistan decided to cooperate. The UK sent the entire murder case file to Pakistan for the trial of the murder plotters.
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