ISLAMABAD: Bahria City Chairman Malik Riaz on Sunday claimed that he was being pressurised for “political motives”, however asserted that he wouldn’t bow earlier than anybody.
In a message on X, previously Twitter, the actual property tycoon stated he had been pushed to the wall and was dealing with fixed losses in his enterprise.
However he didn’t point out who was pressurising him, and for what.
The true property tycoon is understood for his hyperlinks with political events, the media, in addition to the civil and navy institution, and has been thought-about ‘untouchable’ previously.
Daybreak contacted a lot of political consultants and politicians, however practically everybody was reluctant to touch upon his ‘unhappy story’, saying he had not disclosed who he was holding chargeable for his woes, and the explanation why he was being pressurised.
Nonetheless, it’s extensively believed that Malik Riaz was referring to Al Qadir Belief/College case, which was filed by NAB towards PTI founder Imran Khan and his spouse Bushra Bibi. They had been the principle accused within the £190 million corruption case. The case alleges that whereas PM, Imran Khan and his partner obtained land unfold over a whole lot of kanals from Bahria City Ltd to legalise Rs50 billion, which was recognized and returned to the nation by the UK authorities.
On Jan 9, an accountability court docket froze the properties of 5 co-accused within the case, together with Malik Riaz and his son Ahmed Ali Riaz, who had been declared proclaimed offenders for failing to hitch investigations.
At current, the actual property tycoon is believed to be in another country.
In his message on X, Malik Riaz stated: “All my life, Allah has all the time guided me to face by my precept of not taking any political facet or being utilized by one social gathering towards the opposite. For over a yr now, I’ve been below immense strain to compromise, however I’ll by no means enable anybody to make use of me as a pawn for political motives.”
This, he claimed, had been a recurring sample of victimisation towards him and his enterprise for introducing state-of-the-art initiatives in Pakistan.
“From 1996 until at present, I’ve been ‘punished’ for contributing in direction of the progress of the nation. I’ve confronted such pressures previously with absolute grit and energy. Even at present, in a private capability, I can say with utmost certainty, ‘over my useless physique’”, he added.
“Regardless of my ailing situation and misery, I’m standing agency within the face of this adversity, bearing monetary enterprise loss day by day and being pushed to the wall utterly, however is not going to give up to any strain techniques. Allah will information and assist me by means of this robust section with dignity,” he stated.
Reacting to the tycoon’s assertion, former president and PTI chief Arif Alvi asserted that the strain cooker will ‘burst considered one of nowadays’.
“And who will undergo the injury? Not those that have ensured escape routes to international international locations, however us loyal Pakistanis who’ve determined to dwell and die in our nation,” he stated.
Revealed in Daybreak, Could twenty seventh, 2024