*ISLAMABAD – Over the sensitive issue of **Dr Imran Farooq murder case,Federal Investigation Agency reports new developments on evidence receivedform the United Kingdom Police. *
*The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday submitted evidencereceived from the United Kingdom (UK) regarding the murder case of formerMQM leader Dr. Imran Farooq in Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC).*
ATC Judge Shah Rukh Arjmand presided over the hearing of Imran Farooq casehere, in which the FIA produced evidence including the video footage,murder weapon and related forensic reports.
FIA prosecutor informed the court that 23 witnesses will record theirstatements in the case. Three witnesses will appear before the court inperson, while 20 others will record their testimony on video-link, FIA said.
The court ordered that three officers of Metropolitan Police London shouldrecord their statements on November 06 and adjourned hearing of the casefor the date.
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In previous hearing of the case, the court returned the case file to FIA byterming it ‘incomplete’.
Court had questioned, “who are the witness and who presented thisevidence.” The ATC judge had also ordered the FIA to present a completelist of evidence and the witnesses in the case in the next hearing.
On January 30, the Islamabad High Court had rejected the plea of the FIAfor stopping the trial in the murder case of Dr. Imran Farooq and directedthe investigation agency to approach the ATC.
