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In his letter ‘Pakistani media’ (June 17), Khawaja Umer Farooq assumes the bribery case against the son of Pakistan’s chief justice as a conspiracy to malign the supreme judiciary.
However, it is his assumption that I find is itself a conspiracy theory. It's a very straightforward case: the property tycoon, Malik Riaz, has a number of pending cases against his business empire in the Supreme Court. He invested on the chief justice’s son to grease the cases, arranged foreign trips for him, and paid in cash, which is evident from his lavish life style and expanding business. But apparently he couldn't get the expected relief from the Supreme Court.
On the surface, it's a case between two persons, and nothing to do with the judiciary. Why then did the superior judiciary get involved/ tainted? And how come the chief justice was unaware of his family's foreign trips, lavish standards of living, and his son's expanding business? If there is no convincing answer, then investigation shall cover all the possible beneficiaries of these deals.
Blaming media, boycotting courts and protesting on streets won't work.
Shouting slogans can’t change facts. If there are allegations of corruption against anyone, regardless of his position, he shall willingly present himself for accountability. We shall come out of this 'holy cow' clout; we are not living among saints!
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