Shaheen Sehbai revealed that Malik Riaz had confided in various journalists including Kamran Khan that he possessed evidence against Chief Justice’s son Arsalan Iftikhar Chaudhry. Riaz accused him of accepting bribes and kickbacks to assist him in gaining influence in the judiciary.

Chief Justice took suo moto action against the allegations. During the proceedings of the case prominent journalists testified in the court.

During the same month, anchorpersons from a private news channel interviewed Riaz. The footage revealing during the break segments of the show was made viral which proved that the show was planted.

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