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Posts Tagged ‘Malik Riaz’

NAB: A Page From History

By Inam R Sehri • Oct 19th, 2011 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Admiral Fasih Bokhari has taken over as the new Chairman NAB.
Lt Gen Shahid Aziz, a former Chairman NAB, while speaking to media [referring to 6th & 8th Dec 2009 live on GEO, the News & Dawn & more] after expiry of two year’s mandatory period that prevented him to discuss service matters, revealed that he [...]



Bahria Town Fraud Case Malik Riaz Arrested 2011

By Sher Ali • Oct 6th, 2011 • Category: Misc

It seems at last the balloon of Bahria Town is getting punctured and the house of cards is crumbling.The anti corruption unit has submitted its report to the Supreme Court and the report says that the Malik Riaz and his son Ali Riaz is involved in the land scandal and the whole project of Bahria [...]



Chaudhry Nisar , Malik Riaz and Nawaz Sharif

By Rohail Butt • Aug 11th, 2011 • Category: Politics

Malik Riaz, the real estate tycoon of Pakistan who controls almost all the major and notable property schemes, towns, and colonies in Pakistan is notorious for is links with all the movers and shakers in the politics, military, judiciary, media, and industry and else where.
Malik Riaz started from a meager government job, and then due [...]



Real face of the Khadim-e-Punjab

By Umer Toor • Aug 1st, 2011 • Category: Politics

It seems that the current budget of the province of Punjab in Pakistan has been devised by some property dealer. In the name of Ashiyana Housing Scheme, Jinnahabad, and other housing societies, almost all of the precious land in the Punjab has been occupied and being used to distribute among the matwalas of Noon League.
Top [...]



DHA and Malik Riaz of Bahria Town

By Haris Hashmi • Dec 22nd, 2009 • Category: Politics

Before the Defence Committee of the National Assembly is the Defence Housing Authority Ordinance 2005, issued by — you’ve guessed it — Gen Musharraf. The Defence Ministry wants this ordinance to be turned into an act of parliament.
What on earth for? DHA Islamabad is a housing society which has entered into a partnership with Malik [...]



Pakistan Private Unlimited!

By Mian Usman • Jul 10th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

We are always looking for a short cut to do every thing, even if we have to break the rules and regulations, tease our fellow country men and do what ever possible in our means to get our target achieved.
It seems like an absence of of the rule of the law to a certain un-acceptable extent [...]



Malik Riaz of Bahria Town : Honorary Field Marshal ???

By Muskan Hina • Jul 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics

OMG, Ayaz Amir, leading columnist of the country has really chewed the ass of the establishment in his recent column and no wonder if he gets a spanking in future for his words. He has, though, thrown a light where very dare to venture. He has talked at length about the commercialization spree of our [...]



Malik Riaz : Backdoor Channel Between PML(N) and PPP

By Ghazala Khan • Mar 24th, 2009 • Category: Politics

If you are in Islamabad/Rawalpindi and have ever tried to purchase a property in any colony, it is quite highly unlikely that you haven’t come across the name of Malik Riaz, who was once a petty government employee, then a contractor and now a real estate tycoon in the twin cities and even beyond.
Whether it [...]



Ibne Hakim (Urdu Blog)

By M Mirza • Mar 10th, 2009 • Category: Politics (Urdu)


Neck-n-Neck in NA-118 : Pakistan Election 2008

By Ali Yar Khan • Feb 16th, 2008 • Category: Pakistan Vote'08, Politics

Lahore is considered as the ‘Garrh’ of PML-N, the part of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, it’s least developed constituency is NA-118, which is consists of areas on both sides of River Ravi, having areas like Shahdara town, Badami Bagh, Fruit Mundi and many small villages.
The literacy rate in this constituency is very low, and [...]