Imran Farooq was a British-Pakistani politician best known senior role in the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, a political party in Pakistan.
16 Facts About Imran Farooq
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Imran Farooq himself was a physician, graduating with an MBBS degree from Sindh Medical College in Karachi in 1985.
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Imran Farooq was related to Tahir Qureshi, a former MPA, and his great-grandfather once served as the governor of Delhi.
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In 2019, several news agencies reported that Shumaila Imran Farooq was living in extreme poverty with her two sons, relying on handouts from the British government.
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Imran Farooq's best known contribution is The Guiding Principles of MQM.
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In 1978, Imran Farooq helped established the All Pakistan Muhajir Student Organization.
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When in 1984, it gave birth to the Mohajir Quami Movement, Imran Farooq served as its first Secretary General and Convener.
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From London, Imran Farooq continued to lead the MQM with Altaf Hussain and other senior members of the party from exile.
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When Imran Farooq left Pakistan, he had a bounty on his head.
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Imran Farooq was charged with terrorism, which he denied upon arrival in London.
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The charges against Imran Farooq were challenged by his mother in 1992 in the Sindh High Court.
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Imran Farooq was found murdered near his home in North London on 16 September 2010.
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The murder took place at 5:30 pm as Imran Farooq was returning home after finishing work at a local pharmacy.
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Metropolitan Police Service Counter Terrorism Command detectives investigating Imran Farooq's murder believe that he was building his independent political profile in the months before he was killed.
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Imran Farooq believed more in solutions to problems than creating problems and his assassination needs to be condemned in the strongest possible way because he was not a violent person.
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Imran Farooq called Farooq a "Shaheed-e-Inqalab" or Martyr of the Revolution.