The UK angle: why no prosecution there?
Despite cooperation between Pakistani authorities and Scotland Yard, no UK charges have been brought against Altaf Hussain, who resides in Britain. Jurisdictional thresholds, evidentiary standards, and political sensitivities differ. The absence of UK prosecution does not negate Pakistan’s court findings; it underscores the limits of cross-border justice.
What the intent tells us about Karachi—and Pakistan
The murder wasn’t only about one man. It was about how power is maintained when institutions are weak:
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Violence substitutes for rules.
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Charisma replaces accountability.
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Fear becomes governance.
The long shadow falls on Karachi’s civic life—where criminality and politics blurred for years, and where alliances (even today) normalize actors without reckoning.
New Development (2025): Mustafa Kamal Reopens the Wound
In late 2025, the Imran Farooq case re-entered Pakistan’s political bloodstream after Mustafa Kamal, a former MQM heavyweight and now a federal minister, publicly accused Altaf Hussain of personally ordering the 2010 murder.
Kamal claimed he possesses evidence that Hussain—living in exile in London—directed the killing outside Dr. Farooq’s North London home. He went further, offering to personally fund efforts to reopen the case in British courts, framing his move as a belated attempt to secure international accountability.
The timing was impossible to ignore. The allegations surfaced days after the death of Farooq’s widow, Shumaila Imran, who passed away in London on December 19, 2025, reportedly in financial hardship—fifteen years after her husband’s assassination.
