ISLAMABAD: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s Nasir Mahmood Butt have been added to the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) ‘Most Wanted Terrorists’ list.
The anti-terrorism wing of the Federal Investigation Agency has released a list of 1,210 terrorism suspects, which it deems most notorious. Known as the FIA’s Red Book, the list also includes the names of Iftikhar Hussain, Muhammad Anwar, and Kashif Kamran, whom — alongside Hussain — are accused of murdering MQM leader Dr Imran Farooq.
Others listed include suspects wanted in the assassination of late Punjab home minister Shuja Khanzada and the kidnapping of former premier Yousaf Raza Gilani’s son Ali Haider.
The 198-page document also lists the names and profiles of those allegedly involved in carrying out the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Curiously enough, however, the document also lists PML-N London leader Nasir Mahmood Butt as a ‘most wanted terrorism suspect’.
According to the document, Butt’s name was added after anti-terrorism provisions were added to the case pertaining to the video scandal judge Arshad Malik was embroiled in.
Earlier this month, the MQM founder had claimed he was facing financial ruin and was unable to pay his bills and expenditures. The handwritten letter came three weeks after the London High Court issued freezing orders on six properties controlled by Altaf Hussain.
