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KARACHI: An accountability court on Saturday framed charges against accused MQM leaders in a corruption case of around Rs three billion in Karachi Port Trust (KPT). Former federal minister Babar Ghauri and eight other accused have been nominated in the National Accountability Bureau corruption reference. Member Sindh Assembly Javed Hanif, Rauf Akhtar Farooqui and other accused were present in the court during the hearing. The accused denied the NAB charge-sheet against them. The accountability judge summoned the…

KARACHI: An accountability court on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for Muttahida Qaumi Move­ment-Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Babar Ghauri in a case related to illegal appointments in the Karachi Port Trust (KPT). The ex-minister is facing charges of Rs 2.8 billion corruption in the KPT. According to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), eight men, including Ghauri, in connivance with each other had illegally regularised 940 employees of KPT, causing Rs2.8bn loss to the national exchequer. After…

KARACHI: An accountability court on Saturday issued arrest warrants against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Babar Ghauri in case pertaining to illegal appointments in Karachi Port Trust (KPT), ARY News reported. According to details, the court while approving a reference filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), issued non-bailable arrest warrants against former Minister Ports and Shipping Babar Ghauri and other accused in the case. According to the reference filed by the anti-graft authority, KPT chief…

KARACHI: Deputy Mayor Karachi Arshad Vohra and other MQM leaders including Babar Ghauri used to send Pakistani and Indian funds to MQM founder Altaf Hussain in London, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told a court on Tuesday. FIA had registered a case against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder in connection with money laundering charges at the department’s state bank circle. The petitioner accused the party leaders of transferring money to Altaf Hussain’s account using Khildmat-e-Khalq Foundation, MQM's charity…

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Babar Ghauri on Thursday categorically denied reports that he apologised to his party chief Altaf Hussain over his "Pakistan Zindabad"tweet, ARY News reported.

KARACHI: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has initiated investigations against former federal minister Babar Ghauri and PML-N MPA Humayun Khan for misuse of powers, corruption and nepotism, ARY News reported on Monday.

Machh Jail officials will write to the Sindh government and seek a fresh date for Saulat Mirza's execution.

KARACHI: Pakistan’s prominent journalist Mubasher Lucman on Monday came up with detained Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Amir Khan’s confessional statement after his arrest by Rangers from party headquarters, ARY News reported.

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) senior leader Babar Ghauri categorically denied death row convict Saulat Mirza's allegations by terming it a conspiracy against MQM, ARY News reported.

KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has formed a five-member committee to contact other parties for talks over appointment of chairman and deputy chairman Senate, ARY News reported on Sunday.