Maliks presidential pardon challenged in LHC

Interior Minister Rehman Maliks pardon, given by President Asif Ali Zardari, has been challenged in Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday. Imtiaz Qureshi, making President House, Federal Government, Rehman Malik and Chairman NAB a party in the case, maintained in the petition that Rehman Malik was given pardon on political basis. After the rejection of pleas against Rehman Malik, the petition was to be filed in the Supreme Court. All requirements of the appeal were not fulfilled yet, so the president could not give pardon to Rehman Malik. On Monday, the president using his discretionary powers pardoned Malik hours after the LHC had dismissed his appeals.