Re: Family Gate Scandal
Questions the parties can face in the Supreme Court - thenews.com.pk
**ISLAMABAD: Both parties will be facing tough questions in the coming days in the apex court where the chief justice has taken suo moto notice of the dubious activities of his son Arsalan Iftikhar.
It will be seen whether any softness or strictness was observed in the cases involving the Bahria Town chief or whether any decision was made in their favour. Another question would be that why CJ could not notice the foreign visits and shopping by his son Arslan, his mother and other members of the family. It would also be probed why Arslan’s 400-strong employees business concern could not be notices by his father. Why Arslan’s amassing of wealth in threes years remained unnoticed? The question will arise whether parents’ responsibilities towards their children end after the children become muture.
The reason of maintaining of a file of ‘investment’ on the Chief Justice’s son since day one and then showing it to select media personalities is one among the key questions that will have to be answered before the SC.
Why money was being invested on Arsalan Iftikhar since 2009 while his cases came before the apex court in 2010 and 2011? Was it a trap set for the judiciary since the restoration of Chief Justice as according to claims Arsalan Iftikhar has been visiting Europe at Bahria’s expense since June 2009?
Another key question is what benefit did emanate after allegedly bribing a family member of the Chief Justice of Pakistan? Was it not obstruction of justice? Did the judiciary give any favours in return?
As per testimony presented in the SC, every activity of Arsalan was video-filmed; why was Arsalan being video filmed from very first day of his interaction with the front men of the other party and what could have been the purpose of video-filming every incident? Did they know that they would use this material at a later stage?
One key question arising out of the testimony of senior anchor Hamid Mir is why President Zardari and Malik Riaz discussed this matter and why the president stopped him from releasing the evidence to the foreign media. What was the role of the president in this whole deal?
Another question that might be asked is why didn’t Bahria Town chief use his own credit cards to pay for the visits and expenses of Arsalan? Was he scared of his direct involvement in the ‘Trapgate’?
What was the purpose of showing all the evidence to many media personalities? Wasn’t it a conspiracy to malign the judiciary through these journalists? Whether foreign journalists were contacted to break the story on international media at a time when Chief justice was to receive International Jurist Award in United Kingdom? These questions have to be answered.
Some other questions include: When apex court did not give any favour investment on Arsalan Iftikhar continued? Which were the forces that helped in recording the video/audio tapes of Arsalan? Did Bahria Town chief ever meet Arsalan? Who is Ahmed Khalil? What are his links with Bahria Town? Was Ahmad Khalil in contact with Bahria Town chief when he was paying for Arsalan’s lavish trips to Europe? Was entire operation of Trapgate being monitored? As Bahria Town chief claims to have the possession of all receipts of the Arsalan’s spending in Europe including tenancy agreements and all other things, did he know what was he doing?
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