Islamabad (August 01, 2018): FIA on Wednesday has submitted a reply in money laundering case against MQM’s Founder in the Anti-Terrorist Court.
Investigation Officer (IO) informed the court during the hearing that UK’s firm is collecting money laundering evidences against MQM’s Founder, while evidences from different countries are also being collected against him.
The court was informed that so far details of 69 bank accounts has been revealed in the money laundering case. Funds of Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation(KKF) were misused, informed FIA.
Earlier on October 02, 2017, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) registered a case of money laundering against the MQM founder Altaf Hussain.
The case has been filed with FIA’s state bank circle.
The case was filed on the request of a close aide of the MQM founder, Sarfaraz Merchant, accusing the MQM founder for illegally transferring money from the KKF (Khidmat-e Khalq Foundation) accounts, the charity arm of the party.
According to sources, other MQM leaders were involved in sending money to the MQM founder from KKF bank accounts.
They said that anti-terror clauses were also added in the charge sheet. The KKF has also been implicated in the case.
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