Please be watchful of the journalistic slight of hand by Guardian.
The very first sentence of the news report clearly shows Guardian’s journalistic slight of hand. It is NOT the conclusion of the Scotland Yard investigation. It is what is being told to Scotland Yard. Again, read the very first sentence carefully.
“The Scotland Yard investigation into the murder in London of the leading Pakistani politician Dr Imran Farooq has been told that rows within his own party may have led to his assassination.”
Everything is still the continuation of the speculation that was started in Islamabad minutes after the murder.
The Daily Mirror claims that “Within minutes of the death of Dr Farooq – a leading member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement which means United National Movement – websites in Islamabad were awash with claims he had been assassinated or killed by his own bodyguard”
Where did these people in Islamabad get the detailed lowdown on the murder in minutes? They didn’t and they still don’t. It is a knee-jerk reaction against the MQM that is ingrained in some minds.
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