Senior Pakistani politician killed in Britain

Pakistani politician Imran Farooq, a leader of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party influential in Sindh province and the city of Karachi, was stabbed to death outside his London home on Thursday, a party official said.

"We are awaiting details and for police investigation," Faisal Subvaari, a senior member of MQM -- the dominant political party in Pakistan's biggest city, said.
Farooq, a founding member of the MQM, claimed asylum in Britain 11 years ago after more than seven years on the run from Pakistani police who accused him of involvement in cases of murder and other serious crimes.

He denied the charges.
Forty-five people were killed and hundreds were wounded in in clashes in Karachi last month after Raza Haider, a member of the MQM, was gunned down along with his bodyguard while attending a funeral.
The government blamed the Taliban and the banned militant group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) for the killing of the parliamentarian.
A British police spokesperson did not confirm Farooq's identity but said a 50-year-old man had suffered multiple head and stab wounds and was confirmed dead at the scene.
No arrests had been made, the spokesman said.