London police removes bail conditions on MQM chief

February 02, 2016 03:38

The London Metropolitan Police today cancelled the bail conditions placed on Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain in connection with an ongoing money laundering investigation.

The MQM said in a statement tonight in Karachi that the police had remove bail conditions for 61-year-old Hussain and two other party leaders - Muhammad Anwar and Tariq Mir.

MQM sources said the police informed the three men that "there is no need for any of you to attend the police station. The bail conditions currently in place are therefore removed."

The police notice stated that "at the time of writing there is insufficient evidence to bring a criminal charge", according to the MQM statement. The police had been pursuing the money laundering case against Hussain after his arrest on June 3, 2014.

The MQM chief, who has lived in and led the party from the UK since 1991, said he was "relieved".

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