This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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Pakistan’s Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has detached himself from the hearing the suo motto case of his own son Arsalan Iftikhar regarding the allegations of a business deal who received millions of rupees from the powerful tycoon Malik Riaz.
“The bench would continue to hear the case minus the CJP and the hearing will be conducted in the open court, so everyone knows about its fate”, the chief justice said before stepping down from the bench.
A two-member bench after CJ’s recusal conducted the hearing headed by Justice Jawwad S Khawaja. Attorney General Irfan Qadir suggested that the bench should be comprised of larger number of members to hear the case and argued that Arsalan Iftikhar should be treated as an ordinary citizen not as the son of Chief Justice.
The court said in its order, “Since in the statements of the three media persons referred to above, there is also mention that rupees thirty to forty crores have been paid by or on behalf of Malik Riaz Hussain to Dr Arsalan, it is necessary for us to get some information on the financial status of Malik Riaz. As we have already been informed that Malik Riaz has no nexus with Bahria Town Pvt. Ltd, the chairman, FBR is directed to provide to us the tax returns, wealth statements and other relevantdocuments which will show to us the net worth of Malik Riaz Hussain. Let this be done by tomorrow.”
It was said that CJP should be praised for his decision that he would not head the bench before which his own son was to appear. It was also reported, “However, before stepping down, he said that if it was up to him he would have put both Arsalan and Malik Riaz in handcuffs.”
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