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SC reserves verdict in Arsalan Iftikhar review case

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Supreme Court has reserved the verdict into Arsalan Iftikhar review case.

A two-member bench comprising Justice Jawad S Khawaja and Justice Khilji Arif Hussian heard the Arsalan Iftikhar review case in Supreme Court on Tuesday.Submitting his arguments against NAB’s earlier reply in court, counsel of Arsalan Iftikhar, Sardar Ishaq, said that he doesnt trust the inquiry conducted by National Accountability Bureau (NAB). He said the NAB chairman had personal relations with Malik Riaz while NAB chairman’s daughter had been working in Bahria town, saying that transparent investigation could not be conducted under such circumstances.On the other hand, Malik Riaz counsel, Zahid Bukhari said this was the only case in which the registrar provided press release to media in which it was said that court didn’t issue any stay orders in Arsalan Iftikhar case when the court had already issued that.He said the registrar doesnt have the authority to issue press release. His move was against the court orders while the matter was subjudiced. Zahid Bukhari requested the court to take action against the registrar.Justice Jawad S Khawaja said that the court will look into the matter. He said the benchwill see if it was appropriate to initially allow NAB to complete investigation while Justice Khilji Arif Hussain said that NAB wasn’t run by single individual, adding that it was a proper institution.