Bereaved family of Brit dead in mysterious circumstances at a luxury hotel in Islamabad running from pillar to post for justice as local police failed to perform legal duties as no action has been taken against perpetrators after passage of almost a year. The family has urged London to take matter on board with Islamabad for proper investigation of the heinous crime.
Currently, devastated family held a vigil in Bradford, West Yorkshire and called for the UK government intervention to accelerate the Islamabad authorities for proper investigation against culprits behind the alleged assassination.
Farooq Ali, 44, found dead in his room at the Ramada by Wyndham Islamabad hotel on March 16 last year. The deceased’s sister Dr. Rehiana B. Ali with parents is fighting legal battel to get remedy in the matter while invoking executive and court jurisdictions but all in vain.
Farooq Ali was a scientist and aspiring author, reportedly stayed at the Ramada by Wyndham Islamabad for just under a year while he worked on a novel. He was last seen on March 11, 2022, before his body was discovered in his room with “blood and foam” oozing from his mouth five days later.
Talking to UK press, heartbroken sisters Yasmin, 48, and Rehiana, 42, say they have been going through a “living nightmare”, and believe Farooq may have been murdered. UK nationals lawyer Yasmin and consultant neurologist Rehiana are Azad Kashmiris by heritage are of the view they didn’t believe the cause of death made sense.
Yasmin has been reported saying, “Rehiana and I have not had a chance to probably grieve. We’ve been thrown in from 16 March when we heard this, and it’s just been a living nightmare. “I’ve said time and time again, they haven’t just killed Farooq. I think whoever did this has killed my family as well because we were very close. She expressed, “It feels like some limbs have been torn from you, and you can’t get past it.”
Therefore, Yasmin has now called on British officials to put pressure on Pakistani authorities, saying: “From the British government, what we need is their involvement at a high level, and I think they’ve got the leverage to do so, to put pressure on Pakistan to comply with basic law and order. “Justice must be done for this family, like anybody else.
