After the intense struggle by Pakistani officials, seven crew members of merchant ship MV Albedo have been released and would be reaching Karachi on Thursday. Governor Sindh Dr. Ishratul Ebad while holding a presser late Wednesday informed that those seven hostages, who have been in the captivity of Somali pirates since November 2010, have been […]
Islamabad: (Monday, July 30, 2012) Malik Riaz Ahmed, the real estate tycoon and a central character in the Arsalan Iftikhar case, said here today that he was being implicated in false cases which were fabricated only to malign him. He said that he has sought more time from the court to present additional evidences against […]
Jul 30 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Saturday, July 28, 2012) The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned Malik Riaz on Monday, July 30, to record his statement in the Arsalan Iftikhar-Malik Riaz case. On Supreme Court’s direction, a joint investigation team (JIT) of NAB is probing into the matter and at the first step; it is recording statements of all […]
Jul 29 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Saturday, July 28, 2012) The National Accountability Bureau’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has decided to record statement of Malik Riaz Hussain’s son in law, Salman Ahmed in the Arsalan Iftikhar-Malik Riaz case. Salman Ahmed is believed to be one of the key characters who are privy to the facts and details about financial transactions […]
Jul 29 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Tuesday, July 24, 2012) Arsalan Iftikhar said here today that he is still waiting for the notice from investigation team of National Accountability Bureau (NAB). While talking to the journalists, he said that after airing a planted interview, it seemed that his opponents were now getting ready for a planted inquiry. He also lamented […]
Jul 24 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Monday, July 23, 2012) Dr. Arsalan Iftikhar said here today that he has not got any notice from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) as yet to appear before its investigation team. Talking to the journalists, Arsalan said that he was waiting for the notice. He also said that he did not have faith in […]
Jul 23 2012 | Posted in
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Senior journalists have filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan, seeking the formation of an accountability commission for the media to form a code of conduct and probe the corruption of media professionals. Hamid Mir of Geo Television Network and Absar Alam of Ajj Tv filed the petition, praying the top court to […]
Jul 19 2012 | Posted in
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Islamabad: (Monday, July 16, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan, while hearing Malik Riaz contempt of court case, adjourned the hearing till July 31st. The case was primarily focused on the real estate tycoon’s press conference on June 12, where he had ridiculed judiciary through baseless allegations. Headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan, a three member […]
Jul 16 2012 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday has announced that it will indict Malik Riaz, the property tycoon and former chairman of Bahria Town, on July 16 in the contempt of court case. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan while hearing the contempt of court case against the business […]
Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon, on Wednesday submitted an unconditional apology to the Supreme Court of Pakistan in the contempt of court case. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan resumed the hearing of the show-cause notice, which was issued to Malik Riaz on June 13 for leveling […]
SC directs Riaz to appear before the court for hearings Islamabad: (Thursday, June 28, 2012) The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) has rejected Malik Riaz’s plea to be exempted from appearing in the court for the hearing process of the contempt of court case. Earlier, Riaz had pleaded the court to exempt him from marking […]
Jun 29 2012 | Posted in
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan has adjourned the hearing of contempt of court case against real estate tycoon Malik Riaz, giving six days to his counsel to study the case. A three-member bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Shakirullah Jan resumed hearing of the contempt case against Malik Riaz. Dr Basist, the counsel […]
Jun 28 2012 | Posted in
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