KARACHI: The period of bail granted to Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain by the British police in July in the money laundering case is ending on Monday.

Mr Hussain was arrested by the British authorities in London on June 3 last year.

Since then, his bail has been extended for four times and he has been interviewed twice — after his arrest in June last year and later in April this year — by the Metropolitan Police who had so far not filed any charges against him.

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On July 8, Mr Hussain’s bail was extended by British authorities who directed him to appear before them on Oct 5.

According to an MQM statement issued on Friday, Mr Hussain will go to a South London police station on Oct 5 (Monday) as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of money laundering.

“He will attend the police station on that date to be further interviewed. Both the MQM and Mr Hussain deny any involvement in money laundering,” the statement said, adding that the party would release further details when available.

Besides Mr Hussain, two more London-based MQM leaders — Mohammad Anwar and Tariq Mir — are facing money laundering investigations and they are also on bail till Oct 6 and 7, respectively.

Published in Dawn, October 3rd , 2015

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