Says no action has been taken against him by NAB despite SC orders
Lahore (Pakistan Point News – 19th May, 2018) Renowned journalist Muhammad Malik while talking on a tv program has said that Malik Riaz is the most powerful man in this country.
He said that Malik Riaz was on his conversation’s agenda today. The Federal Investigation Agency has issued orders to from a team on General Aslam Baig and Asad Durrani and interrogation has been started in this regard.
The journalist said that the Supreme Court had issued orders to initiate an investigation on Malik Riaz on May 4 and had directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to investigate Malik Riaz over the properties. The Supreme Court had asked to start an inquiry into all his projects, including Bahria Town Karachi and Golf club. Neither has anything been done in this regard so far nor a team has been formed to investigate him.
Muhammad Malik said that Nawaz Sharif, a former army chief, former ISI DG and former president Asif Ali Zardari are undergoing a trial in this country but no action has been taken against Malik Riaz by NAB.
Anchorperson Kashif Abbasi present on the program said that you can talk against politicians or any other person in this country but you cannot talk about Malik Riaz. He said that if we say something against him, our own channel confronts us.
The Supreme Court had on May 4 declared the allotment and transfer of government property in Bahria Town Karachi as illegal. A three-member Supreme Court bench, headed by Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, held the hearing of the case. The Supreme Court had directed the Bahria Town administration not to sell further plots in Bahria Town. However, construction work was not stopped.
The SC had directed Sindh government to make an agreement with Bahria Town on new conditions. It had also directed the NAB to collect all the details of the illegal agreement within three months and file references after completing the inquiry. An action will be then taken against the responsible persons.
Other than that, the Supreme Court directed the Karachi Registry registrar to open a special account and recover money from the allottees. The allottees will be bound to deposit money in this account until a decision is taken by Sindh government. The decision on the payments will be taken if a new agreement is signed between Sindh government and Bahria Town in future. The Sindh government will be authorized to either allot land to Bahria Town or not.
