KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) has summoned progress report from aJoint Investigation Team (JIT) and records from anti-terrorism court (ATC)Islamabad in money laundering case against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)founder and others.
The Sindh High Court (SHC) conducted the hearing of a petition of a MQMleader Khawaja Rehan Mansoor where the judge sought the details ofinvestigation in the money laundering charges on the accused persons.
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) Islamabad has been directed to providedetails of the case, whereas, a progress report was sought from the jointinvestigation team (JIT) by the high court.
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A former investigation officer of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA),Ali Ahmed Abro, appeared in the hearing. He told the high court’s judgethat an interim challan of the case had been submitted and theinvestigation authority had been given to ATC wing.
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The defence counsel argued that no progress was made in the case since thelast 34 months, whereas, the concerned authorities have not submitted theirresponse in the plea for the transfer of the case from Karachi to Islamabad.
Later, the court adjourned the hearing till October 8.
