Arsalan Iftikhar case: Supreme Court orders disbanding of Suddle Comission

The court also issued directives to make the third report public.


Web Desk December 07, 2012

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled the disbanding of a one-man commission headed by former police official Dr Shoaib Suddle, Express News reported Friday. The commission had been  constituted to probe graft allegations against the son of the Chief Justice of Pakistan.

The court also issued directives to make the third report public.

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

Riaz said that he had submitted receipts of Arsalan Iftikhar’s expenses in the Supreme Court on June 6, 2012. But the Supreme Court did not conduct any investigation then.

The business tycoon had alleged that Arsalan lived in a Portman Square penthouse which costs Rs7 million a month in addition to enjoying services of the best hotels in London. Riaz said that receipts and proofs of these expenses have been submitted to the Supreme Court, but no action was taken on them either.

COMMENTS (36)

Somia Khalil | 11 years ago | Reply The whole affair of Arslan Iftikhar case has been, with due respect, mishandled from day one. In this space, when the allegations surfaced, we had argued that for justice to be done and to be seen to be done, the CJP should either resign or go on long leave until such time as his non-involvement in the affairs of his son was proved beyond doubt. On the contrary, the CJP acted hastily, first in taking suo motu notice (in this case a double-edged sword), then insisting on heading the bench, and last bit not least, being ‘cleared’ by his brother judges of any involvement without a satisfactory in-depth investigation and action on whatever has seen the light of day, including, crucially, Arsalan Iftikhar’s own admissions. That none of what was necessary has transpired is far from satisfactory and is likely to lead to fresh controversies surrounding the matter, to the detriment, amongst others, of the superior judiciary itself.
Uza Syed | 11 years ago | Reply

@Sharjeel Jawaid Jawaid: Of course, Musharraf was right all this time-----proved many times over!-------- why must we still ask such naive questions?

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