ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed the Interior Ministry to thoroughly investigate the claims made in the BBC report pertaining to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) receiving funding from India, and sought an early report in this regard. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Special Assistant to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on National Security and Foreign Affairs, Tariq Fatemi met the premier at the PM House on Thursday.

The premier was apprised about the details of the BBC report during the meeting. Nisar shared initial details of the report with the PM and said the concerned departments of the Interior Ministry have been directed to investigate the matter.

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