Federal govt alone can talk about Dr Imran’s murder, says Wasan

The Sindh government has refused to reveal or mention anything about two men arrested in Pakistan in connection with the murder of Dr Imran Farooq in London, saying the federal government alone had the authority to talk reveal anything regarding the incident. The two men were arrested in August at Qauid-e Azam International Airport Karachi but they were not produced in any court for remand nor were their identities and affiliation revealed. Interior Minister Rehman Malik and the British High Commissioner had denied any such arrest. However, London police commissioner Bernard Howe-Hogan had said that investigation into the murder of Farooq was underway. He accepted that two men had been arrested in Pakistan in for their alleged involvement in the murder. The reports regarding the arrest were carried in Pakistani media on August 26 and 27 however there no body was produced to confirm the reports. Neither local police, nor the FIA or the British administration had accepted the reports. Even after confirmation by the London police commissioner, the Sindh government was not ready give any detail regarding the men with Sindh Home Minister Manzoor Wasan closing the chapter altogether saying that federal government alone could talk about the issue. “The federal government alone can talk about the arrests in connection with the murder of Dr Imran Farooq,” he said.