ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition Chaudhry Nisar Ali said on Thursday that Malik Riaz was “a mere pawn of a conspiracy devised by President Asif Ali Zardari.”
Riaz, the business tycoon, is responsible for initiating the financial impropriety case against chief justice’s son, Dr Arsalan Iftikhar. He had alleged that he spent about Rs349.5 million on Dr Iftikhar’s foreign tours, while gave Rs326 million in cash to him on different occasions.
Nisar said, “A person [Riaz] comes and creates a scene -- somebody who should rather be behind the bars for his contradictory statements is inside and outside the court. He is a pawn. He cannot even breathe without Zardari’s consent.”
He said that he had evidence to prove this, but had not decided if he would reveal them.
“Nobody should have doubts that Riaz was launched in this conspiracy. It has been proven now.”
The opposition leader said that “no one feared the justice but Zardari and [Prime Minister Yousaf Raza] Gilani.”
He said that if Dr Iftikhar really had taken the money, then justice should be done to him and that it should be found out that who else has been taking money from him.
Nisar said that a decision-taking moment had come because the government had become “desperate” after being “incompetent” for a long period of time.
“Their character, their performance is now touching the limits of insanity,” he said. “They want to make a mockery of every institution.”
He appealed to the media, civil society and politicians that end dirty politics and asked the people to step up in order to guard institutions.
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I have one question...Malik Riaz is openly admitting he bribed CJ's son...shouldn't he be inquired about why he bribed and be punished for that.
Chaudhry Nisar: please enlighten me as to what have you been elected for and stop stating the obvious! Imran Khan might be an option or not but it is clear that Zardari plays PML-N like a fiddle! So just do us a favor and boycott the next elections cause you are useless to the core!
If so then Zardari is genius and you are dumb, follow his foot prints if you want success in your political career.
All roads for this conspiracy lead to President/PM House.
as yet, its clear both PTI and PML-N have been the real benificiaries of most orders passed by the CJP.......its clear Nisar has not refuted any of the allegations, because these are correct.
That is the sad part in our country that the Media Personnel have been sold out.
If the media united against these tricks by the people in power then it would take a short while for Pakistan to get back on its feet
@Acorn Guts One can clearly connect the chain and guess why Malik Riaz is in action and ready to die. PPP has nothing on stake as it has completed the required tenure. The party is going to opened its all guns to down the SC and it's CJs who are to some extent trying for the rule of law in the country. Establishment is silent because “why kill when some one is dying with sugar tab”?. Businessmen, Political parties and establishment is on same page as their corruption was being exposed. The nation should pass through self catharsis in order to be vibrant and free from all diseases spread by the corrupt establishment, politicians, and businessmen who have the same Vedanta.
@ Acorn Guts: Who benefits most? You tell us?
And what about those allegations which Malik Riaz made against Ch Nisar? Can he be generous and bold enough to reply.
Proof?