The Scotland Yard is investigating complaints from Pakistan that Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain made an inflammatory speech in the aftermath of the May 11 election results, reports said.
According to the Sunday Telegraph, Hussain’s role in pulling strings in Pakistan through his political headquarters on Edgware High Street in London came into focus again after cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan’s party leader Zara Yousuf Shahid was shot dead last night in Karachi.
Imran has blamed Hussain for the murder of Shahid.
During a speech, Hussain also appeared to threaten protesters and suggested Karachi should be separated from Pakistan if the party’s electoral mandate was questioned.
Tensions have been running high after Khan’s PTI accused the MQM of widespread vote-rigging.
Hussain rebutted complaints that the MQM had rigged elections.
The MQM has denied the charge and boycotted Sunday’s re-run of elections in 43 polling stations in Karachi’s NA-250 constituency.