A Pakistani court Thursday sentenced three men to life in prison after finding them guilty of involvement in the killing of an ethnic party politician stabbed to death in London in 2010, and ruled his killing was ordered by the party chief.
The much-awaited verdict was announced in the capital Islamabad, with the three convicted men - Khalid Shamim, Mohsin Ali and Mauzzam Ali - listening via video link from a jail in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.
Authorities say Britain helped Pakistani investigators in the murder case of Imran Farooq, who was a top leader of Muttahida Qaumi, which represents the Urdu speaking population.