Former senator, federal minister and former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Babar Khan Ghauri has been handed over to police on a seven-day physical remand by the Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court.
He was arrested at the airport on Monday night on his way back to Pakistan from the United States.
Babar Ghauri’s name has been important in Karachi politics. He has been charged in several cases under anti-terrorism laws in Pakistan, sedition against the state, money laundering and other serious charges, but he has been living abroad for the past seven years. Was,
Babar Ghauri’s daughter Alisha Ghauri has filed a contempt of court petition against his arrest.
