ISLAMABAD, May 18: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has condemned the killing of Zohra Shahid Hussain and held the Muttahida Qaumi Movement responsible for it.

MQM chief Altaf Hussain had threatened PTI workers and leaders in a speech aired by TV channels, he said in a statement.

Mr Khan said the British government shared responsibility for the killing because it had failed to stop Mr Hussain from inciting violence despite being requested to do so.

He said Zohra Aapa, as Ms Hussain was fondly called by her comrades, was an elderly person, a senior, committed and ideological leader and a mentor of young cadre of the PTI.

“I am shocked and saddened and cannot believe anyone would kill such a gentle woman,” he said in a statement.