How MQM factions reacted
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MQM-Pakistan supporters hailed Kamal’s statement as an overdue act of courage, arguing that silence had protected a cult of impunity for too long.
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Pro-Hussain loyalists dismissed the claims as recycled politics, pointing out that Kamal did not implicate Hussain during earlier interviews with UK police, and accusing him of exploiting personal tragedy for factional gain.
What has not changed legally
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Three men were convicted in Pakistan in 2020 for murder and abetment.
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Altaf Hussain has still not been charged in the UK.
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No British court has reopened the case to date.
This episode underscores a central tension that has haunted the Imran Farooq murder from the start: judicial findings exist, but enforcement stops at borders—while political actors continue to weaponize the case inside Pakistan.
What Kamal’s intervention does not alter is the core conclusion already on record in Pakistan’s courts. What it does reveal is how unresolved political violence metastasizes—resurfacing with every leadership realignment, every death, and every moment of vulnerability.
The intent behind the killing, as previously established, was about power and fear.
The intent behind reopening it, fifteen years later, is about control of the narrative.
And that battle, clearly, is far from over.
