(17 Sep 2010) SHOTLIST
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1. Tilt down supporters gathering in front of the house of Imran Farooq, a senior politician from MQM (Muttahida Qaumi Movement), the local ruling party
2. Various of MQM party members and supporters
3. Close up of supporters
4. Wide of Mohammed Farooq, father of Imran Farooq talking to media
5. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Mohammad Farooq, father of Imran Farooq:
"My daughter is in London. At the moment she is sitting at the police station. We have no contact with her. The police took the mobile from her. That is why we cannot contact her. When the police return my daughter her mobile, I will then be able to tell you what the situation is. We don't know how this incident took place. But we just know that it has happened. This is God's will."
6. Police in the road with no traffic
7. Paramilitary troops on high alert
8. Close up of paramilitary soldiers
9. A woman and two boys walking by closed shops
10. Close up of locks on the doors
11. People around newspaper stand, reading newspapers
13. Close up of headlines in the newspaper reading (Urdu) "Dr. Imran Farooq murdered"
14. Close up of Farooq's photo in the newspapers
15. Wide of newspaper front page with headline in English "Imran Farooq stabbed to death"
STORYLINE
Gas stations, schools and markets were closed and no public transport was running in Karachi on Friday as news spread of the stabbing in London of Imran Farooq, a senior politician from the local ruling party.
Farooq was a member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, one of Pakistan's major parties and the largest in the coalition governing Karachi.
The MQM is also an important member of the federal government in Islamabad.
Farooq's father, Muhammad Farooq, told reporters that his daughter was in London but that he could not get in touch with her because the police had taken her mobile.
"When the police return my daughter her mobile, I will then be able to tell you what the situation is. We don't know how this incident took place. But we just know that it has happened. This is God's will," he said.
The slaying could have implications for national political stability, especially if the MQM accuses its rivals of being involved.
Witnesses reported than more than a dozen people broke on Friday into a plastics shop in Karachi and set it on fire near the MQM headquarters.
Elsewhere in the city, youths blocked the main road and torched two buses, a local resident said.
On Friday, an MQM leader said the party thought Farooq, 50, was killed in response to controversial statements made by the leader of party, who himself lives in self-imposed exile in London.
London's Metropolitan Police said no arrests had been made and did not speculate on the motive.
Farooq's body was found in north London on Thursday with multiple stab wounds and head wounds.
In a statement, Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani condemned the killing.
The MQM is accused by critics and opponents of being involved in illegal activities in the city.
Hundreds of its supporters have been killed over the last 20 years, including leaders, in gang warfare in Karachi, including dozens this year alone.
The MQM's leader Altaf Hussain lives in London after leaving in 1992 amid an army operation against the party, which the generals had accused of criminal activities.
According to the MQM's website, Farooq left Pakistan the same year. Neither man returned to Pakistan since.
Hussain regularly addresses large gatherings in Karachi via telephone link.
More than four million Pashtuns live in Karachi, and the MQM fears their rising influence.
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