Posts tagged as: Arsalan Iftikhar

Rehman Malik seeks apology from India for spying in Pakistan

Rehman Malik, the Advisor to Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Interior Affairs, has demanded from India to apologize for sending Surjeet Singh to spy in Pakistan. He made this demand while addressing a news conference in London. The advisor rejected India’s claim that the terrorists had set up a control room for the Mumbai […]

Investigative team formed to probe Arsalan-Riaz case

Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Admiral (Retd) Fasih Bokhari on Saturday said that joint-investigation team to probe Arsalan Iftikhar for allegedly taking financial benefits from Malik Riaz to settle his cases in the Supreme Court. Speaking to the media, Bokhari explained that the team will be comprised officials of the NAB, the Federal Investigation Agency […]

Supreme Court adjourns Riaz’s contempt of court case

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 […]

Imran Khan condemns torture on peaceful protestors

Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan condemned police torture on the party’s rally in Karachi, saying that they will not let judiciary alone in the testing times. Addressing a rally in Islamabad, the cricket-turned-politician said that the PTI as well as the entire nation was standing with the chief justice of Pakistan. He asserted, “The […]

Accountability of watchdogs

Everyone is talking about the latest scandal of behind-the-scenes footage of a private TV channel that hit the airwaves on Thursday. The leaked video, which appeared on YouTube, proves that the interview of Malik Riaz with Mehar Bokhari and Mubashar Lucman was planed and scripted. Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon and central figure of […]

Full-court reviews plot to malign judiciary

The Supreme Court of Pakistan constituted a two-member committee to look into the possibility of initiating a contempt of court proceeding against leaked video footage of a Malik Riaz’s interview. A full court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry reviewed hotly debated controversy surrounding the behind-the-scenes footage of an interaction between two anchors of […]

Anchors too get embroiled in scandals

Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon, strode on to the national political scene working to expose the judiciary has ended up unwrapping the media. The climax of entire saga, which is described as mediagate, came with the release of leaked behind-the-scenes footage in which two talk show hosts interacted with Malik Riaz in a manner […]

Supreme Court issues short order in Arsalan Iftikhar-Malik Riaz case

Wrapping up the most talkative saga of the recent times, the Supreme Court issued short orders in the suo motu case involving the Chief Justice’s son, Dr Arsalan Iftikhar, and real estate tycoon, Malik Riaz. In its short order, a two-member bench comprising Justice Jawwad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif ordered strict action against […]

President Asif Ali Zardari devised Arsalan-Malik Riaz controversy: Ch. Nisar

Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has claimed that Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon, was mere pawn of a conspiracy devised by President Asif Ali Zardari. While speaking to the media he observed, “A person [Riaz] comes and creates a scene – somebody who should rather be behind the bars for […]

Supreme Court bars Malik Riaz from giving statements against judiciary

The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday barred Malik Riaz from giving statements to media against judiciary, giving him a seven-day period to hire his counsel in the contempt of court case. In the meantime, the apex court rejected the plea to put Malik Riaz’s name on the Exit Control List (ECL), saying that there […]

Government to stay neutral in Riaz Malik-Arsalan Iftikhar saga

After the opposition parties came out in support of the chief justice over the alleged corruption case of Dr. Arsalan Iftikhar, the son of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, leaders of the ruling coalition decided to stay away from the controversy. A meeting of the allied parties held with President Asif Ali Zardari in the chair that […]

Prime Minister Gilani orders to end unscheduled load shedding

Giving relief to masses, at least in form of talks, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani directed authorities concerned to take concrete measures to end unscheduled power outages in the country. While heading the weekly briefing of the cabinet, the premier took notice of the hours-long electricity load shedding. He was of the opinion that […]

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