(Statement of Mr. Kamran Khan, Anchor, Executive Director, Geo News, submitted to the Supreme Court on June 07, 2012)
“I would like to state that my attention was first drawn to this subject in the second week of May [2012] when I received an anonymous phone call claiming that Dr. Arsalan Iftikhar son of the Chief Justice of Pakistan is allegedly using his position to extract money from wealthy people whose cases are pending before the Supreme Court of Pakistan. A separate phone caller, two days later, said that Dr Arsalan Iftikhar had
allegedly blackmailed real estate tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain whose case[s] were pending before the Supreme Court. I was also told that Malik Riaz Hussain has also gathered evidence to prove that he has been targeted for blackmail allegedly by Dr Arsalan Iftikhar….… I contacted Malik Riaz Sb with this explicit intention and met him in Karachi in the third week of May where he basically confirmed the content of the information and after a lot of persuasion agreed to show me the documentary evidence… At a subsequent meeting Malik Riaz Sb showed me the dossiers that carry documents pertaining to Dr Asalan Iftikhar’s summer vacation trips to London over the past three years. There were tenancy agreements signed by Dr Arsalan Iftikhar for five star accomadations [sic.] in Central London and receipts / invoices showed that the payments were made from the accounts/ credit cards controlled by Malik Riaz Sb or his family members in London.There were documents that also showed that travel and stay arrangements for Dr Arsalan Iftikhar and a female accomplice ( I don’t remember the name) in Monte Carlo were made from the accounts controlled by Mr Malik Riaz or his family members. According to these documents most payments including those of several shoppings made by Dr Arsalan Iftikhar and other family members at pricey London stores were also made through credit cards owned by Malik Sb’s daughter and son in London…… My lordships I left that meeting with Malik Riaz Sb with an impression that either he’s hell of a con, a forger par excellence or God forbid the son of the Chief Justice of Pakistan has sold the name of his great father….”
(Statement of Mr. Hamid Mir, Executive Editor, Geo TV, submitted to the Supreme Court on June 6, 2012)
“On the eve of 31st May, I called Malik Riaz Sahib on phone and expressed my desire to meet him. [That evening] I met him at his residence in Islamabad, around 9:30 pm. His son Ali was also present… Malik Riaz asked someone to bring in a file which included a set of documents. All the documents were photocopies. And according to Malik Riaz Sahib, [these documents showed that] Arsalan Iftikhar had taken a lot of money from his son and his son-in-law. Malik Riaz said that he also has a number of [incriminating] videos but he did not show me any such video…”
Filed under: Corruption, Media, Pakistan Under President Zardari Tagged: | Chief Justice Supreme Court, Corruption, Dr Arslan Ifthikar, Hamid Mir, Kamran Khan
