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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (6651)	9/10/1999 1:58:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12475

Pakistani fugitive & MQM party General Secretary Imran Farooq claims asylum in UK One of Pakistan's most wanted fugitives, who is also the leader of a key opposition party, has fled his country and turned up in London after seven years of evading capture by the security forces. Imran Farooq is wanted in Pakistan on numerous terrorist charges including murder. But in a press conference in London on Thursday, Mr Farooq said that he had claimed political asylum in Britain and that the charges against him were politically motivated. He said that he had been targeted by the security forces because he is the secretary-general of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), which he said is being persecuted by the authorities because of its criticism of the Pakistani Government. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Farooq said that he now intended to campaign against the government from exile in Britain....... news.bbc.co.uk