<p>Imran Farooq, a senior member of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), died from multiple stab wounds and blunt trauma to the head, police said, quoting the result of a post-mortem.<br /><br />The 50-year-old had been on his way home from work when the attack happened outside his home in north London Thursday. No arrests have so far been made.<br /><br />"Police want to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time or saw the attack," said a Scotland Yard spokesman.<br /><br />The investigation was passed late Friday from Scotland Yard's homicide and serious crime wing to its counterterrorism command, indicating that detectives feared the crime was politically motivated.<br /><br />Farooq had been living in London since 1999 after leaving Pakistan when he was charged with criminal offences in connection with the alleged strong-arm tactics of the party he co-founded in Karachi.</p>
<p>Imran Farooq, a senior member of the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM), died from multiple stab wounds and blunt trauma to the head, police said, quoting the result of a post-mortem.<br /><br />The 50-year-old had been on his way home from work when the attack happened outside his home in north London Thursday. No arrests have so far been made.<br /><br />"Police want to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time or saw the attack," said a Scotland Yard spokesman.<br /><br />The investigation was passed late Friday from Scotland Yard's homicide and serious crime wing to its counterterrorism command, indicating that detectives feared the crime was politically motivated.<br /><br />Farooq had been living in London since 1999 after leaving Pakistan when he was charged with criminal offences in connection with the alleged strong-arm tactics of the party he co-founded in Karachi.</p>