Mother of ex-MQM leader Babar Ghauri passes away in US

Anwar Jahan Begum, who is the mother of former federal minister and Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leader Senator Babar Khan Ghauri, passed away on Sunday in Houston. 

The funeral prayer of the deceased will be held after Zuhr at Hamza Mosque while the burial will take place at Forest Park Cemetery, 12800 Westheimer, Houston, TX 77077.

The local community has expressed condolences on the sad demise of Ghauri's mother.

Last year, Ghauri was arrested in a case related to allegedly facilitating a seditious speech of MQM founder Altaf Hussain in 2015 — who is based in London.

He was arrested from the airport after he landed in Karachi from Dubai ending his seven-year self-imposed exile, however, the senator was later released after which he returned to UAE.