The BBC report said MQM members had admitted receiving the aid during formal interviews with the British authorities.
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The Indian High Commission in London has also rejected the report.
On Wednesday, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) released a documentary, alleging that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has received funding from Indian authorities. He said this after his meeting with United Kingdom High Commissioner Philip Barton. The allegation came amidst months of charges by Pakistan’s army of Indian involvement in fueling terrorism in the country.
However, in the same breath, the interior minister cautioned against jumping to the conclusions.
Islamabad: Pakistan Thursday stated the BBC report that alleged the MQM acquired funds and coaching from India confirmed its “suspicions” about an Indian hand in creating instability in the nation.
An elaborate network of deadly conspiracies was being weaved around the MQM, Hussain said adding the enemies were hell-bent on getting rid of him (Altaf). The Prime Minister ordered “a proper probe” to ascertain the truth. “The establishment in Pakistan wants to wipe us out”, he said, “and to rule Karachi through its jihadist proxies”. He also shared with the prime minister details of the initial inquiry.
India has dismissed the BBC report as “utterly baseless”. He said that the report is more significant than Imran Farooq kill case.
In its statement, the MQM termed the BBC report a part of the “media trial that has been ongoing for past several years” against the party. He further added that the report is reserved for specific people.
If the allegations manage to stick, they will end up tarring the party that has 24 members in the National Assembly.
(MENAFN – The Peninsula) British police will arrive in Pakistan this week to interrogate two suspects in the London kill of a prominent Pakistani politician, a minister said Tuesday. “It is not about whole of MQM leaders, voters and supporters, who are as patriotic as any other Pakistanis”.
A Pakistani official told the BBC that India has trained hundreds of MQM militants in explosives, weapons and sabotage over the past 10 years in camps in north and north-east India.
Addressing a general workers meeting at the Lal Qila ground in Karachi, Altaf denied that the MQM had any links with India’s premier spy agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
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