An accountability court on Saturday acquitted real estate tycoon Malik Riaz and his son, Ali Riaz, in the 1,401 kanal land fraud case.
The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) had registered a case against Bahria Town and some officials of the Punjab Revenue Department on November 4, 2009, on the complaints of residents of some villagers near Rawat. Malik Riaz, his son and others were accused of bribing revenue officials to get 1,401 kanals of ‘shamilat’, or community land, transferred to their names on fake documents.
However, in October last year, the ACE on request of NAB transferred the matter to the accountability court.
The NAB prosecutor had submitted a plea under Section 31-B, stating that after examining the available record and evidence, the bureau had found that Malik Riaz and his son were not liable to be accused.
Accountability court judge Chaudhry Abdul Haq reserved the judgment Saturday morning and issued it later in the day, acquitting Malik Riaz and his son, Ali Riaz, of all charges while accepting a plea bargain of Patwari Rizwan.
Accountability court acquits Malik Riaz, his son
