The Supreme Court has dissolved the Dr Shoaib Suddle judicial commission which had been tasked to investigate allegations of a Rs342 million business deal between Arsalan Iftikhar and Malik Riaz. A two-member bench of the apex court resumed hearing of allegations involved Arslan Iftikhar, the son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary and business […]
Renowned business tycoon Malik Riaz on Tuesday said that Arsalan Iftikhar, the son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was a don and was managing things according to his will. Speaking to the media after appearing before the Suddle commission tasked to probe the Arsalan-Riaz saga, he said, “Arsalan will get the same justice […]
Nov 14 2012 | Posted in
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Expressing annoyance over biasness of Attorney General Irfan Qadir, the Supreme Court on Thursday barred him from acting as prosecutor in the contempt of court case against property tycoon Malik Riaz. A two-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan ruled that the attorney general will not serve in the case, […]
Sep 20 2012 | Posted in
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Expressing reservations over the list of witnesses in the contempt of court case, the Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on whether Attorney General Irfan Qadir could prosecute the case or not. A two-member bench with Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan in the chair resumed the hearing of the contempt case against property tycoon Malik […]
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Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon and one of the major characters in the Arsalan Iftikhar graft scandal, has refused to appear before Shoaib Suddle, the one-man commission probing the case. Zahid Bukhari, the counsel for Malik Raiz, while speaking to the media said that his client wouldn’t appear before the commission and he would […]
Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) Dr Shoaib Suddle on Wednesday said that he would dead Arsalan Iftikhar case on merit and would not come under pressure from any side. Speaking to the media, the bureaucrat said that all institutions were bound to obey rulings of the Supreme Court under article 190. Pledging that he said will […]
Revoking the investigation of Arsalan Iftikhar case from National Accountability Bureau (NAB), the Supreme Court on Thursday ordered to form a judicial commission to investigate the matter. A special two-member bench of the apex court comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussain granted the appeal filed by Arsalan Iftikhar, son of Chief […]
Rejecting his plea for seeking exemption from appearance, the Supreme Court on Wednesday summoned Malik Riaz’s on September 17 in the contempt of court case. A two-member bench of the apex headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan resumed the hearing from which the property tycoon Malik Riaz remained absent on account of medical treatment. Counsel […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan has reserved its ruling on the review petition filed by Arsalan Iftikhar, son of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The judgment is expected to be announced in a day or two. He challenged the court’s June 14 order regarding the controversy relating to allegations of a corruption worth Rs342 million […]
As expected, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday indicted Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon, with contempt of court charges. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan resumed the hearing of the contempt of court case against Malik Riaz, the former chairman of Bahria Town. Dr Basit, the counsel for Malik Raiz, rejected […]
Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) Senator and renowned legal expert Aitzaz Ahsan has said that the judiciary was stepping out of the domain of the constitution in some matters and was getting too independent. While interviewing to BBC Urdu, the former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) said that the activism of the apex court […]
Aug 8 2012 | Posted in
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Under the directive of the Supreme Court, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has dissolved the Joint Investigation Team (JIT), tasked to probe the allegations of Malik Raiz about under-the-table deal between him and Dr Arsalan Iftikhar. NAB Prosecutor General KK Agha informed the apex court that the decision of dissolving the bureau’s special team was […]
Aug 3 2012 | Posted in
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