KARACHI: A Karachi anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday remanded MQM leader Babar Ghauri in police custody till July 12 in a 2015 case pertaining to alleged hate speech.
Ghauri, a former federal minister for ports and shipping, was arrested at Karachi airport on Monday upon his return to the country, ending his seven-year self-exile.
The investigating officer (IO) in the case produced him before the ATCs administrative judge today to seek his physical remand for interrogation.
The IO informed that Ghauri, along with other party leaders, was booked in a case pertaining to allegedly facilitating an incendiary speech by their London-based party chief Altaf Hussain, in 2015.
He added that a case was lodged at SITE Super Highway police station and requested the judge to grant Ghauri’s 14-day physical remand for interrogation and completion of other legal formalities.
