Inquiry commission: Malik Riaz terms Suddle report baseless

Expresses distrust in one-man commission, says he will approach court in London.


Our Correspondent December 07, 2012

ISLAMABAD:


Former chairman of Bahria Town Malik Riaz has strongly criticised the one-man inquiry commission constituted to probe graft allegations against the son of the Chief Justice of Pakistan.


According to a press release issued on Thursday, Malik said that the Suddle commission declared that Arsalan Iftikhar spent Rs4.5 million on a vacation but failed to mention where the money came from.

“Why are his other tours, which cost millions of rupees, not mentioned?” Malik asked, adding that the commission was covering Arsalan’s “black money”.

He added that the report presented by the commission to the Supreme Court was baseless, adding that the chief justice’s son had spent much more than just Rs4.5 million.

Malik Riaz

The property tycoon added that he had submitted evidence of Arsalan’s extravagant trips to the Supreme Court but the investigation was assigned deliberately to Shoaib Suddle who, he claimed, had close family ties with Arsalan.

Therefore, he added, they have decided to file a case in a court in London.

Malik further accused Arsalan of blackmailing and extorting money from him and his son-in-law.

He further claimed that the commission had acted like a “police station” when he appeared before it. He termed the commission a “one-sided show”.

Malik said he would not bow to any pressure and would try to continue all the welfare projects, which the commission had criticised.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 7th, 2012.

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