KARACHI: A disagreement erupted between two factions of the Muttahida Qaumi Motion on Sunday after Federal Well being Minister Mustafa Kamal as soon as once more blamed social gathering founder Altaf Hussain for being concerned within the 2010 homicide of senior social gathering chief Dr Imran Farooq in London.
Talking at a press convention at a park adjoining to the social gathering’s Bahadurabad headquarters, Mr Kamal stated if Mr Hussain “really considers himself harmless, he ought to strategy a London courtroom and file a petition for a clear investigation into the brutal homicide of Dr Imran Farooq”.
It could be famous that in 2020 an Islamabad anti-terrorism courtroom had sentenced three males — Syed Mohsin Ali, Moazzam Ali and Khalid Shamim — to life imprisonment and declared Mr Hussain an absconder within the Imran Farooq homicide case.
The MQM-P chief’s presser got here a day after the burial of Dr Imran Farooq’s widow Shumaila, who died a few days in the past in London. Mr. Kamal, in addition to leaders of MQM factions, attended the funeral and expressed their condolences together with her two sons and different members of the family.
Throughout his press convention, Mr. Kamal misplaced his cool and used foul language towards Mr. Hussain. He additionally alleged donations had been collected from all over the world within the title of sending Shumaila’s physique to Pakistan.
Lamenting that Dr Imran Farooq’s kids “are being dragged onto social media and exploited for political functions”, Mr Kamal suggested them to steer clear of Mr Hussain and his faction.
MQM-L responds
In the meantime, the MQM-L condemned Mr. Kamal’s press convention and challenged him to show his allegations.
Senior London-based chief Mustafa Azizabadi instructed an internet media briefing that “Kamal’s press convention is a particularly disgraceful try to pull the harmless kids of Dr Imran Farooq”.
He condemned using foul language by Mr. Kamal.
He additionally performed video clips exhibiting Dr Imran Farooq’s late father telling a TV host that the killers of his son had been with Mr Kamal.
Mr Azizabadi stated his social gathering was not making allegations towards anybody, however that folks ought to resolve for themselves after watching Imran Farooq’s father’s video.
Revealed in Daybreak, December twenty ninth, 2025

