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Islamabad - Nisar terms Kamal's charges against Altaf verbal rhetoric

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has termed MQM's dissident leader Mustafa Kamal's allegations against party leader Altaf Hussain as verbal rhetoric and asked the former mayor of Karachi to come up with substantial evidence to corroborate his claims.
Addressing a Press conference he termed as frivolous PTI chief Imran Khan's demand for setting up a judicial commission to investigate Kamal's allegations and added that it was not necessary for government to form a judicial commission every time somebody makes allegations.
"There was nothing new in Mustafa Kamal's Press conference. He didn't give any documentary evidence" he said.
The minister, however, stated that a committee has been set up to look into Sarfaraz Merchant's interview, in which he spoke of some documentary evidence regarding money laundering case against MQM chief Altaf Hussain and some other senior leaders.
He said the committee would seek help of British authorities to get access to Merchant if he is willing to meet the Pakistani investigators.
Nisar said as long as he was holding the office no injustice would done to anyone including the MQM.
Chaudhry Nisar expressed disappointment over what he said slow progress in the murder case of Dr Imran Farooq in London.
He rejected the impression that the government had plans to clip powers of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
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