HC Deb 06 November 1992 vol 213 c429W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have been taken to help the Pakistani authorities to apprehend the killers of Mahammed Afzal in Jaurah village, Pakistan, on 4 October.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

Mr. Afzal was a dual British-Pakistani national, and the United Kingdom has no standing under international law to intervene in the investigation of his murder, which is being conducted by the Pakistani police. Our high commission in Islamabad is, however, maintaining contact with the Pakistani authorities.