ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has said that a committee formed to look into disclosures made by Sarfaraz Merchant one of the accused in a money-laundering case against MQM chief Altaf Hussain has submitted its report.

Addressing a press conference on Saturday, he said the government would write to Mr Merchant on Monday and invite him to come to Pakistan and share the evidence available with him against the MQM chief. `If he doesn`t come, permission will be sought from the British government for a Pakistani team`s visit to quiz him about documentary evidence of his claims.

`We will pursue the matter legallyand do what is in the interest of Pakistan and in accordance with its dignity,` the interior minister said.

The issue would also be taken up at highest levels with British authorities, he added.

He said the money-laundering trail ran through Dubai to London and no headway was possible without the cooperation of these two countries.

In a recent TV show, Merchant had made claims regarding discovery of weapons from Altaf Hussain`s home during a Scotland Yard raid in 2014.

He also claimed that he had seen documents that proved that the MQM received money from India.

Expressing his dissatisfaction over the slow progress in the Dr Imran Farooq murder case, Chaudhry Nisar said the trial would be held in Pakistan if delays persisted in the United Kingdom.

He said Pakistan had shared sensitive information about the case with British authorities and that the investigations carried out by the Federal Investigation Agency had been commended by London.

Rejecting criticism over registration of an FIR in the case in Pakistan, he said there were hundreds of instances where a crime was committed in one country and the trial took place in another.

He cited the example of the Pathankot attack in India that was being investigated in Pakistan.

Commenting on the charges levelled by Mustafa Kamal against Altaf Hussain, the minister said the former Karachi mayor did not offer any evidence and `narrated old stories`.

He said Mr Kamal had moved to Dubai on his own and the decision to return to Pakistan was also voluntary.

He appealed to all Pakistanis, including Mr Kamal, to share evidence relating to the moneylaundering probe with the FIA and the National Accountability Bureau.

T20 World Cup Chaudhry Nisar told reporters that information coming from India suggested that extremist organisations there wanted to create problems for the Pakistan cricket team during the T20 World Cup.

`We view these threats very seriously,` he remarked, adding that a security team, led by the FIA Director, Lahore, Usman Anwar, would visit India on Monday to assess the situation. If their preliminary report was positive, the cricketteamwouldleaveforIndiaonWednesday as per schedule, he said.

`Otherwise, we will have to delay the visit.