The case is ongoing, though it has stalled.Ī mix of occupied houses and houses under construction are seen in Bahria Town on the outskirts of Islamabad.─Reuters In a public deposition in 2012 that hit Pakistani headlines, he said he had bankrolled the playboy lifestyle of the son of the country's chief justice in return for favourable treatment in court cases related to his empire. Read more: Arsalan Iftikhar case: Malik Riaz appears in court "If I tell you the amount of the biggest bribe I have ever paid, you will have a heart attack," Hussain said. The publicity wing of the military declined to comment on Hussain's allegations. He also publicly states that he has paid bribes to top politicians, judges and even members of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) intelligence agency. Hussain says he is Pakistan's sixth largest tax payer. The roads are clean and smooth, grass is imported from Thailand and private guards provide round-the-clock security.īahria Town is larger than the capital itself, and is part of a property portfolio that includes more than 40,000 acres of developments across the country and pays salaries to 60,000 employees.Īlso read: Sindh govt allotted 44,000 acres of land to Bahria Town: Rangers Frank admissions "To stop blackmailers, I have decided that there is no way but to go into media."Īlso read: Malik Riaz says two ex-army officers blackmail himĪ world away from the chaotic, dirty streets of most Pakistani towns and cities, Bahria Town features giant replicas of the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty.Ī replica of the Eiffel Tower is seen on a hill in an area being developed in Bahria Town on the outskirts of Islamabad.─Reuters
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I will launch many TV channels, not one," Hussain told Reuters in a rare interview earlier this month at his Bahria Town housing development, just outside the capital Islamabad. Now the 66-year-old wants to build a media empire, which he hopes he can use to promote his own commercial interests and fend off those trying to tarnish his name.
Riaz is one of the country's richest and most powerful businessmen, a billionaire who has been caught up in corruption investigations and who is also well known for upmarket gated housing communities and charitable activities.
ISLAMABAD: Property developer and owner of Bahria Town group, Malik Riaz Hussain, who boasts of connections with top military brass and senior politicians, plans to move into media to protect himself from those who accuse him of wrongdoing. I will launch many TV channels, not one," says Malik Riaz Hussain.─Reuters
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