FIA questions Farogh Naseem in KKF money-laundering case.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Law Minister Farogh Naseem on Tuesday was questioned for over an hour by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) in a money-laundering case.

Sources said the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan leader appeared before an FIA team, and was accompanied by party chief and IT Minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui.

Naseem is accused of transferring Rs268,000 in an account of Khidmat-e-Khalq Foundation, the charity wing of MQM. Various members of the party are accused of carrying out money laundering using the charity's accounts.

The investigative agency's counter-terrorism wing on Sunday had sent out notices to 726...

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