ISLAMABAD:
As the apex court washed its hands off a case involving the chief justice’s son and a property magnate, the country’s top watchdog on Thursday said the case does not fall under its mandate.
National Accountability Bureau Chairman Admiral (retd) Fasih Bokhari said the Arsalan Iftikhar case does not fall under the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), 1999.
“It is a case between two individuals and has no financial implications on the national exchequer,” the NAB chairman said in a statement. “It seems that the case does not come under the NAB ordinance,” he added.
The NAB chairman, however, ordered his legal team to look into the matter.
In case a complaint is registered with the NAB, the case will be dealt under the provisions of NAO 1999, the statement added.
Earlier, NAB spokesperson Zafar Iqbal Khan had said that the bureau is not investigating any corruption case against Bahria Town and its former chief Malik Riaz.
Published In The Express Tribune, June 15th, 2012.
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If it was between Mr X and Mr Riaz Malik, such case would have been investigated by FIA as it does not involve Public Money. Mr Arsalan is special or atleast that impression has been created by the media followed by the rallies of Lawyers. So for special people special laws work in Pakistan. Media, political parties and Lawyers who are taking out rallies in support of Courts does not do any favor to the judiciary. They are rather making them a party in the case.
We "elected" these so-called leaders of ours even though every person and their dog knew exactly how corrupt and inept they are......this is our punishment...political, social, ethical, military, economic, and intellectual bankruptcy....
Does any one realise the total failure of FBR. Why did FBR with all the talk about it's data base not pick-up these alledged huge cash withdrawals?
A drama like Memogate, tit for tat and ball is now in the chief's court.