The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday that it was premature and erroneous to come to any conclusion regarding the recent raids being carried out by the Scotland Yard. In a statement released on Friday, the ministry spokesperson said that the raids on MQM’s business offices were being carried out in connection with the murder of MQM leader Dr Imran Farooq. The foreign office voiced hoped that the British probe will help dispel all misgivings regarding MQM. “MQM is not only an ally of the government but also a representative of secular forces of the country,” he said. BBC Urdu reported on Saturday that the London Metropolitan Police had confirmed that they had raided offices of the MQM located on Edgware road, London. “The police searched the business address of Altaf Hussain for two days,” said the report. Although the foreign office corroborated London Metropolitan’s raids, the MQM has denied that their London offices were searched. Imran Farooq left Pakistan in 1992 and was living in London since 1999. He was murdered outside his house on Edgware Road, while he was on his way back from work on September 16, 2010. Farooq’s party, MQM said that it would not offer the police any help in order to find the killers.