{"id":37543,"date":"2024-05-26T17:12:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T12:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=37543"},"modified":"2024-05-26T17:27:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T12:27:15","slug":"bahria-town-ceo-malik-riaz-denies-reports-of-turning-state-witness-against-imran-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/bahria-town-ceo-malik-riaz-denies-reports-of-turning-state-witness-against-imran-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"Bahria Town CEO Malik Riaz denies reports of turning state witness against Imran Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Chairman Bahria Town Malik Riaz on Sunday denied siding or being used by any political party against the opponents.<\/p>\n<p>Taking on social media platform X, he wrote, &#8220;All my life, Allah has always guided me to stand by my principle of not taking any political sides or being used by one party against the other.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said that for over a year now, I&#8217;ve been under immense pressure to compromise, but I&#8217;ll never allow anyone to use me as a pawn for political motives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement from the business tycoon came after reports emerged in the media alleging that Malik Riaz had been pressurized to become state approver against Imran Khan in a \u00a3190 million case.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/malik-riaz-assets-frozen\/\">Malik Riaz assets frozen<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While speaking about the alleged pressure, Malik Raiz categorically denied surrendering to any pressure tactics being used against him.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, he said that this has been a recurring pattern of victimization against him and his business for introducing state-of-the-art projects in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;From 1996 till today, I&#8217;ve been punished for contributing towards the progress of the country.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All my life, Allah has always guided me to stand by my principle of not taking any political sides or being used by one party against the other. For over a year now, I&#8217;ve been under immense pressure to compromise, but I&#8217;ll never allow anyone to use me as a pawn for political\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Malik Riaz Hussain (@MalikRiaz_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MalikRiaz_\/status\/1794657668189102349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the help of Allah Almighty, I have faced such pressures in the past with absolute grit and strength,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;Even today, in a personal capacity, I can say with utmost certainty, &#8216;over my dead body&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he added, &#8220;Despite my ailing condition and distress, Alhamdulillah, I&#8217;m standing firm in the face of this adversity, bearing financial business loss daily and being pushed to the wall completely, but will not surrender to any pressure tactics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Regarding the 190 million pounds Al-Qadir Trust scandal, the NAB had filed a reference in the accountability court against PTI founder Imran Khan, who is currently in jail, and other parties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) claimed that in exchange for legalizing Rs50 billion that the UK had seized and returned to the cash-strapped nation, the PTI head and his wife received land worth hundreds of acres and billions of rupees from Bahria Town Ltd, a private land development business owned by Malik Riaz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Rs35 billion to go to the federal government was remitted from abroad in 2019 after a British court lifted a freezing order against a bank account held by the Malik Riaz family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Chairman Bahria Town Malik Riaz on Sunday denied siding or being used by any political party against the opponents. 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