US court sentences Pakistani-American to 8 years for lying about Karachi ‘terrorism’ plot
KARACHI: An American judge has sentenced a Pakistani American woman affiliated with the Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) party to eight years in prison for giving false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about her involvement in a “terrorism” plot, the US attorney’s office in Texas said.
According to the US attorney’s office in Texas, Kahkashan Haider Khan, 54, is a member of the Karachi-based MQM party. She pleaded guilty to false statements in relation to “international terrorism” and was sentenced to 96 months in federal prison by US District Judge Amos L. Mazzant on Oct. 7.
The report by US attorney’s office said Khan lied to FBI agents about her involvement in the planned fire-bombing of two gas stations in Karachi in 2023. Khan, a US citizen who immigrated from Pakistan, served as a recruiter and facilitator of “terrorist actions” in Pakistan by collecting funds, sending them to Pakistan and arranging and paying for violent actions in the country, it said.
“We will not allow the United States to be a launching point for terrorist attacks abroad,” Acting US Attorney Jay R. Combs said in a statement issued by his office on Nov. 14. “Vigilantly protecting the United States and its interests is inherent in everything we do. This includes aggressively prosecuting those who wrongly believe that they can find safe harbor in the United States while plotting crimes elsewhere.”
