FIA questions MQM-P ministers in money laundering case

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday questioned two federal ministers belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) in a money laundering case.

According to the details, FIA grilled Federal Minister for Information Technology Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui and Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem for two hours at its Islamabad office over their alleged involvement in money laundering through MQM’s charity wing Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF).

The MQM-P ministers appeared before the FIA in a case pertaining to collecting funds for KKF.

It is pertinent to mention here that FIA had detected 69 foreign bank accounts of the MQM leaders, according to its report submitted to an anti-terrorism court on August 3.

The FIA revealed that Rs1,321,509,608 were collected from people through extortion and ransom, and during the years 2013-15, that money was deposited in the bank accounts of Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation,

The report further disclosed that those funds were then transferred to the bank accounts of MQM UK, Simon and Simons and other accounts.

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Earlier in the day, FIA had released a list of 726 suspects, including Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar, involved in money laundering through MQM’s charity wing Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF).

According to details, Anti-Terrorism wing of FIA issued a list of suspects in KKF’s money laundering scam, which bears the names of Muttahida Quami Movement’s (MQM) heavyweights.

Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar, Qamar Mansoor, Ashfaque Mangi, Tanveer-ul-Haq Thanvi and other important names were listed among the culprits.