Speaking to the media after the hearing, Riaz’s lawyer Dr Abdul Basit said that according to the law, no private person other than the attorney general can prosecute the case, but after looking at the list of witnesses provided by his client, the Supreme Court decided to reserve a verdict.
On Saturday, the prosecution of Riaz had submitted a list of witnesses which included names of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, his son Arsalan Iftikhar and SC Registrar Faqeer Hussain.
Basit told the media that during the hearing, the court asked the attorney general if he had represented Riaz earlier in any case to which the attorney general replied in affirmative. The court then asked him if he could prosecute this case fairly, to which the attorney general said that it was his right to do so.
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How many times it has to be obvious that generals, judges and their families are above constitution? The CJ must be a main witness as his son was running his business from father's official residence. If a scam or illegal activities are taking place in his own official residence how could he not be brought to the court? In addition, the CJ made himself clear that his poor homeless son is an honest man, when he made this statement in the court. If that is not perjury and protecting a family member then what is? In fact in any other country the CJ would have been brought before the parliament or judiciary council and interrogated but it is Pakistan where there is no appeal against the CJ.
Is SC not biased against Malik Riaz? Where should he go? How he could ask for a change of judges, like Arsalan Iftikhar did with the investigators? The only way forward is either to have a constitutional court, or to replace the current lot of biased PCO judges, who were hand picked by Ch. Iftikhar due to their close connections with him. They are taking personal vendettas, egos, and biases way too far.
What action will the Supreme Court will take against the Chief Justice of Pakistan for violating the code of conduct for judges? It will be interesting to watch.
interesting . . . .(^_*) the TJ on the back foot . . . .???