Land scam: Court acquits Malik Riaz, his son
The court accepted the plea bargain filed by Patwari Rizwan.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News): The accountability court has acquitted real estate tycoon Malik Riaz and his son, Ali Riaz, in 1,401 kanal land fraud case.
The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) had registered the case against Bahria Town and some officials of the Punjab revenue department on Nov 4, 2009, on the complaints of residents of some villages near Rawat. Malik Riaz, his son and others were accused of bribing revenue officials to get 1,401 kanals of ‘shamilat’, or community land, transferred to their names on fake documents.
However, in October last year, the ACC on request of NAB transferred the matter to the accountability court.
The NAB prosecutor had submitted a plea under Section 31-B , stating that after examining the available record and evidence the bureau had found that Malik Riaz and his son were not liable to be accused.
Accountability court judge Chaudhry Abdul Haq reserved the judgment this morning and issued it later today, acquitting Malik Riaz and his son Ali Riaz of all the charges while accepting a plea bargain of the Patwari Rizwan.
