The visitors were left stunned on Tuesday to notice the extraordinary security measures in place for real estate tycoon Malik Riaz, who was escorted by his personal guards, a large number of police officials in uniform and plainclothesmen, while the traffic police also put in place a special route – a treatment given only to prime minister or the president.
Though Arsalan Iftikhar arrived at the court at 11am – at the scheduled time, Malik Riaz came at 3pm, minutes prior to the case hearing. Waqar Chauhan, Special Branch additional IG and SC Security DSP escorted Riaz.
During the course of hearing in courtroom No 1, Malik Riaz and Arsalan Iftikhar looked confident. Lawyers and journalists sitting in the courtroom started whispering when counsel for Malik Riaz, Zahid Bokhari produced the material before the court to support the allegations against Arsalan.
Bokhari appeared before the two-member bench of Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain and submitted a concise statement of his client containing documents about the alleged Rs 342,501,254 and Rs 2,500,000 expenditure incurred upon three family trips of Dr Arsalan Iftikhar, son of chief justice of Pakistan, from 2009 to 2011.
Bokhari pleaded before the court for constituting a judicial commission, handing over investigation of the case to probe agencies or to constitute a larger bench to hear the case. He said additional 83 pages were attached with the statement containing the relevant details. Responding to the bench’s query, the counsel replied that all these favors were given due to blackmailing and extortion by Dr Arsalan through his friend Ahmed Khalil, who was also a common friend of Malik Riaz’s son-in-law Salman Ahmed.
He said Salman Ahmed was a British citizen and had a property business.
Reading out a concise statement by Malik Riaz, Bokhari said his client was defrauded and cheated through his son-in-law, as Arsalan assured Salman to get favorable decisions in cases against Bahria Town pending before a bench headed by his father, the chief justice of Pakistan. He said they had the evidence that could be shared with the bench in-camera.
According to the documents provided by Malik Riaz, Arsalan’s stay in Monte Carlo cost them £8,800 and referred to two cheques cashed in name of Sana Salman and Salman Ahmed. He dispelled media reports that the government, a political party or politician was involved in the case. Bokhari said nobody provoked Malik Riaz to reveal the issue and said his son Ali Riaz or Bahria Town had no relation whatsoever with the pending issue. To a question, he admitted that since 2009, his client did not get any relief from the court. He also raised objection to the suo motu proceedings in the issue, saying no issue of public importance was involved in the instant matter.
Justice Jawwad S Khawaja observed that their collective objective was that the reputation of the institution that was garnered with blood and tears of the people of Pakistan should remain unscathed. Sardar Muhammad Ishaq, counsel for Arsalan, said they would have no objection over the formation of a commission, but expressed apprehension that if the case was handed over to some investigation agency like NAB or FIA, a fair investigation would not be done. However, Justice Khiji Arif Hussain objected to it and observed that it was an issue between two individuals and from where did the question of importance rise? Justice Khawaja observed that it was incorrect to keep marginalizing investigation agencies in such a manner.
He said there would be equal treatment to everyone and by taking a decision over the issue, the bench would consider it a great trust reposed in it. Attorney General Irfan Qadir apprised the bench that the issue could be investigated by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) under Section 9 and 18 of the National Accountability Ordinance. To the bench’s query, Ghulam Nabi Yosufzai, president of Press Association of Supreme Court, appeared and stated that they had not written any code of conduct for media persons, however, PEMRA had framed the same for electronic channels, but he was not sure. To another question, he said they had not received any complaint about the media men so far. The bench adjourned hearing until June 14 after observing that they would consider the requests and suggestions made by the parties and would decide how to proceed further in the matter.
Malik Riaz is a known fraud. This is bull…….
Quran ko yeh baygairat log kia samajh baithay hain. Hur koi Quran haath main lay kar press confrences kar raha hay. Jis kisam ki siysat hamary mulk main hoti hay iss main Quran ka kia kaam. App khud faisal karien, keh kia "Quran aur MUNAFIQ log aik saath hou saktay hain?
Iftikhar also brought a copy of Holy Qoran to the Court to tell lies. He must quit.
Iftikhar also took oath on quran to be a PCO judge of supreme court and then again to be the CJ. We have to see a munafiq as big as him and the present govt and nawaz and his goons.
say what you like – the CJ will go down in history as a Pakistani hero who stood up to a dictator when he could easily have joined him and made himself enormously rich in the process. And musharraf and zardari as two small men elevated to positions way beyond their character and competence.
Ifti is a bitch boy of nawaz and was funded by nawaz through Rana Zanaullah, i want this government to go to hell as well as the opposition. Iftikhar is a PCO judge not once but twice. He is power hungry and wants to be the president as promised to him by nawaz.
The money made by his son ended up at CJ's house and that is enough of a reason to resign but he is greedy and wants more.
when thieves fight, truth comes out.
business man has no respect in this country ,,, as u will grow ,, these don will shrink u,, i support riaz,, he is self made,, we have very few established business and business men,,, what would happen if we treat them like ,, cj son is doing ,,
Self made by crooked methods, monkey business, fake visas, etc etc. His present and past businesses owe tons of money to several entities (not just treasury).
What kind of self made? Self made by bribes, giving cuts to governments.
CJ son is self made by bribes , gifts , shopping and corruption RM. Oh yeah don't forget he is son of PCO CJ.
the corruption of Arsalan is now beyond doubt…the reputation of Chaudhry Iftikhar is also tainted…they were both living in the same house..yet he was blind to his son's shenanigans..
who is the saint living in Pakistan…everyone..i repeat EVERYONE…is corrupt is this society.
Inn logoon ok munafik na Kaho badh zaat aur madar ch.. Kahna kafi hai
The Don of Bahrais philantropy is confined to inflentials and elite from bureaucracy, khakis, media barons and corrupt politicians.
What about so called ''clean judiciary with clean judges'' ? Why don't you mention them ? Please be fair.
ager tm sachy ho to sb ko by naqab kr du hm tang a gy hai en gathya logo sy azab bna dia hai en logo ny pakistan ko
if you want to black mail some one …take money from him using cross check and take his credit card for shopping if you really want to leave no evidence behind ..thats the new logic of black mailing presented by the one and only malik riaz ..real state tycoon ..no common sense .
The act of swearing upon Holy Quran is enough to prove that the person is a liar. He is unsure if others will believe him or not. Thus, he is swearing upon Holy Quran uninvited.
Holy Quran was not revealed for this purpose. The act of swearing to make other believe for minor worldly gains is forbidden in Holy Quran itself. In my opinion, this act is an act of desecration of Holy Quran. An FIR under blasphemy law needs to be cut against Mr. Riaz Malik.
@Javed Chaudhry, why not lodge FIR against CJ who also brought holy Quran to avoid leaving the bench on first day of hearing?
Did you give the same advise when Mr. Zulfiqar Mirza did a long press conference in which he alleged Altaf Hussain,Rehman Malik and many others for treason. I think at that time you would have been jumping with joy that a PPP leader is under fire. Since our media has made an Angel,an Idol out of CJ and constantly trying to make people believe that he is the last hope of justice for 180 million people, it is hard to swallow the biiter pill and thus forcing Riaz Malik to bring Holy Quran in Press conference.
Judges must not be compared to politicans or other functionaries of the state. They have a sacred, arduous duty outlined by Const!
unfortunately these people donot understand what is Quran. This is a true story of a villiger who got money from village’s chaudhary; he was taken to court as lier witness to any case. The lawyer asked him “tum Quran uthao gay? Villager corrupt asked can u show me the Quran? So the holy book was presented to him. He saw the size n volume of the quran n said ” oh yeh Quran ha. Main to iss tarah k 100 Quran utha saktaa hoon” So i feel these guys r ignorant to Quran. They worship to money.
Reading most the comment just proves Pakistani are sick nation. They have nothing else to do in their lives. Instead of being ashmed these intrigues are source of entertainment. On talk show their minister and leaders behave like rabid dogs. This nation does not have a chance The way they are progressing Very soon this country will wiped out from the face of the world. Then they will have nothing to talk about.
@HamidKhan, why not u be fair in criticizing CJ and his son who became owner of 900 million business in 5 yrs time? How? Inexplainable except doing corruption.
I dont want to criticize anybody. Making allegations and y. go that enjoy your family. I live is country where in the first we dont have to put up with this garbage. Then I have to work 9 to 5 to make my honest living. My have family to looks after. That is my top prioriy. That is how people in civlilized soceity live, I try to read newspaper from Pakistan hoping to hear some good news from that country but unfortunately there is some new scandal every day. Dont you think it has become dyfunctional soceity where there is no respect for each other.
Agreed, but how come it became dysfunctional? Not in a day. In 65 yrs. Institutions shud play within their constitutional limits. I also live in North America, and know that Judiciary, Executive and Legislature stay within constitutional limits and do not cross over. In Pakistan Army, Judiciary and media want to interfere in what is politicians' domain. Power politics is domain of political parties, not media, army, judiciary or judges. CJ was ambitious and playing heroism and breeding ambitions for presidentship. If institutions cross their limits, disaster will come. Pakistan's 65 yrs history is witness to this.
Disaster has already come in Pakistan. It is on verge of collapse. Dont worry this country will nor exist in not far in future. People there are living in dark ages. It is most dangereous place in the worls. People lives are not safe. People ahe killed everyday. People are kidnapped for for ransom. You cant even practice religion freely, cant even go to mosques without risking their life. Governments are most corrupt. The govermnt is a fascist regime. You and me cannot save this unfortunate nation. It is very quickly headin towards self destruction. Dont waste your time and energy. Pakistan will die its natural death very soon
You are wrong Hamid. Pakistani's are now becoming an aware nation.
Pak ma ager koi insaan naik kam kery to ye haal kerty PPP ke gandy siasatdan
Ali, from where PPP is coming to this game? Is Arsalan an MNA or MPA of PPP?
Did Arsalan do anything different than what Khosa and Babar Awan did? They also took money n the name of judges. Did anything happen to them? NO. They didn't even return the money.
Yes, because his father calim to be cleaning the society from curruption.
Malik Riaz used to work at one of our factories. He was a thief from the beginning. My father never trusted him.
Well, I guess I'm going to have to come down and straighten this mess.
Good dream, but this mess was not created in a day. I wish if what you say cud really happen. Only if our institutions learn to play within their limits, and do not overreach. Only if power play is recognized as domain of political parties and not judges and anchorpersons. Becoz if they indulge in party politics, we will have what we have already. Let us accept a very democratic principle that a govt shall not be removed unless it has parliamentary majority. If we dont like it, we shud try to remove it theru negotiations with their allies, and not by instigating judges, army, and media, becoz that wud be a total disaster. Or we shud wait for elections. Pakistan's history is replete with examples of tresspassing by institutions and buck was started first by bureauceacy, army, and judiciary. Remember 1954, 1958, 1969, 1971, 1977, 1988-1999 and now.
Pakistan is doomed. What happened before will happen again. Very soon this country will cease to exist.
Iftikhar should pack up and leave now, though I know he wont as no one leaves a position of power in Pakistan be it the corrupt government or the corrupt opposition or the super corrupt judiciary.
Nothing will change even if Iftikhar leave or not. Pakistan is failed state and on verge of collapse. No one can save this country who are bent on self destruction.
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