 | Off-air leak a ‘big conspiracy’, says Riaz’s counsel
18 June 2012
|
| 
LAHORE:
Zahid Bukhari, the counsel for real estate magnate Malik Riaz, said on Saturday that the leaked off-air footage of his client’s controversial Dunya TV interview appeared to be ‘a big conspiracy’, adding that he would stand by the court against this conpiracy.
Bukhari, whose entry into the Lahore Bar has been banned due to his representing Riaz in the Dr Arsalan case, was addressing a press conference in Lahore. He demanded that the hidden faces behind the conspiracy be exposed.
Bukhari said the Supreme Court did not give “a clean chit” to any one which showed that there was an imminent need to investigate the situation. The controversial property developer’s counsel also claimed that his client had not given any money or bungalows to journalists, an allegation making the rounds since a list containing a list of media persons apparently on Riaz’s payroll was leaked.
Bukhari also read out an email which he claimed was sent to him by Riaz in which, he said, Riaz had denied giving any financial or other favours to journalists. The counsel further claimed that the list of journalists, allegedly given cars, property and cash which was published on a Bahria Town letterhead, was bogus and had no legal significance.
Regarding questions pertaining to Riaz’s allegations against the chief justice and the superior judiciary during a press conference in Islamabad earlier this week Bukhari said he had no association with his client’s comments. He added “it would have been better” if his client had consulted him prior to holding the contentious press conference. | | See Also in Political News
|
|  Incoming government: ECP issues notifications of elected lawmakers
23 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: It’s a matter of days now for the newly elected representatives to start officiating, as the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued notifications on Tuesday of winning candidates of the May 11 elections.
The commission issued notifications of the returning candidates of the national and provincial assemblies in pursuance of the provisions of sub-sections (3A) and (4) of section 42 of the Representation of the People Act, 1976.
The May 11 elections were held for 849 seats of ... Full Story |  For the greater good: Political rivals in rare friendly embrace
23 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: The luncheon reception held in the honour of visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang was also the location of a one-on-one meeting between to-be prime minister Nawaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari.
The two leaders met on the sidelines of the reception, which Nawaz said was “for the good of the country and the people”. They vowed to carry on with their much talked-about ‘policy of reconciliation’ in the greater interests of the country.
“I have already assumed Nawaz Sharif is the ... Full Story |  Zardari, Nawaz meet, sing the same tune
23 May 2013
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari and PML-N President Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday agreed to continue the reconciliation policy in line with the ‘Charter of Democracy (CoD),’ signed by Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif.
The two leaders reached the agreement during a meeting at the Aiwan-e-Sadr.Talking to the media, both President Zardari and Nawaz Sharif stated that Pakistan’s problems could not be resolved by a single party as they had decided to work together to solve these problems. Nawaz ... Full Story | |
|
|
|
