The Interior Ministry of Pakistan has approved issuance of red warrants for Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain in hate speech case.
An anti-Terrorism Court Karachi had ordered the authorities to ensure Altaf Hussain’s presence in the court during next hearing.
Following the red warrants, Interpol will be approached for the arrest of MQM founder.
MQM founder is also wanted to police in several cases including terrorism.
Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) last week had also requested the Interior Ministry to issue red warrants of MQM founder and bring him back to the country through Interpol in Imran Farooq murder case.
Imran Farooq was murdered in Edgware, north-west London, as he returned home from work on September 16, 2010.
Farooq was a close confidante of MQM founder Altaf Hussain and a senior party leader when he fled the country in 1992.
He was living in North London after claiming political asylum and had reportedly later become an inactive member of the party.
London Metropolitan police last year in a statement provided the progress in the investigation into the murder. According to the Met police, around 4,600 people have been interrogated in relation to the case so far and up to 7,800 documents have been reviewed in the case.
The London police said officials from the Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism Command are determined to see the investigations into Imran Farooq’s murder through.
