Money laundering: Non-submission of replies by FIA, KKF irks SHC

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday expressed outrage over non-submission of replies by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) and Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF), the charity wing of Mutahidda Qaumi Movement (MQM), in money laundering case, ARY News reported.

FIA and KKF officials have failed to submit their replies sought by the high court in money laundering case against the charity wing.

The high court was pleaded to unfreeze bank of former MQM senator Ahmed Ali in a plea submitted by his counsel.

The ex-senator was accused of money laundering worth millions of rupees while the founder of MQM, former senator Babar Ghauri and others are absconders in the case

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The SHC judge irked by the intel agency and the charity wing officials for not complying the court orders for submission of their replies in the case.

FIA and KKF have been asked to submit its replies to the high court in the next hearing.

Later, the hearing was adjourned.

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On January 3, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had seized properties of the Mutahidda Qaumi Movement’s (MQM) charity wing, Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation (KKF), worth Rs 3.5 billion.

The FIA had seized 29 properties of the charity wing, saying they were established using extortion money. The investigation authority had detailed that the money collected through donations was being sent to London with the help of six different facilitators.

In Nov 2018, the FIA had released a list of 726 suspects, including Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar, involved in money laundering through KKF.

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