Senior leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), and the organisation’s first secretary general, Dr Imran Farooq was assassinated in a knife attack in London. The Pakistan High Commission in London confirmed that the Imran Farooq killed by the man when he was returning back to his home from the nearby park. An emergency sitting of the MQM Rabita Committee had been called late in the night simultaneously in London in Karachi, following which senior leaders of the MQM, including Farooq Sattar, visited Imran Farooq’s residence in Karachi to express solidarity and comfort his family. MQM has announced a 10-day mourning following the death. Meetings in different cities to mark the 57th birthday of the party’s founding leader, Altaf Hussain, were also cancelled following the news of the murder. It is pertinent to mention here that no one has claimed responsibility for the attack so far and no arrests have been made.
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