Am I the only one who could not understand anything from this news?

Why?

Why cant these people just stay focused to the job they should be doing ie working for the people who nominated them to power instead of mud slinging.

Who is Arsalan Iftikhar?

@sazo Whether Arsalan is sadiq and ameen or not (which he isnt probably), He has the right to question IK. Infact even I would question his mental faculties these days. Putting in his lot with a lunatic masquerading around as the savior of Pakistan traveling in business class.

From where these people are coming to blame IK. What is their importance, what is their contribution to the society.

Shame on Arsalan and company

It is very interesting to see that Arsalan has come out of the silence finally; the allegations are fundamentally serious enough to launch an investigation against Imran, so that, the slogans of honesty and credibility chanted in public gatherings and processions by PTI. The public has the substantive rights to learn the truth about Imran, perceived and projected as the viable option for premier slot through the politics of sit-ins and long-marches.

You could be right but the person like you have who right to say it because you are not a saint... You should ask your dad about his credibility... He betrayed this nation like an enemy... You should also looking for your own credibility...

This crook is just nitpicking trying to find something and anything on Imran

Some one stepped on his tail

As Dawn now remains the sole credible source for information in Pakistan, can you please dwell nmore on this controversy. WE NEED MORE INVESTIGATIVE SCCOPS ON ARSALAN IFTIKHAR AS HE HAS CAST SERIOUS aspersions on Khan's character.and vice versa. Public has a right to know the truth and speaking for myself I would trust DAWN's reporting.

Arsalan Iftikhar needs to look at himself in the mirror before he says anything about IK. And that goes for a lot of people in this country.

I'll bet that everyone who marched for the restoration of Iftikhar Chaudhry just did a collective facepalm. Your heroes have disappointed you again, Pakistan. When will you learn that change must come from within each person. No one can fix Pakistan until we fix ourselves.

Mr. Arsalan what credibility you have ? You were enjoying free money and joy adventure from Malik Riaz and you expect me to believe that your father did not know know any thing about it. Look at your own self in the mirror and your own actions make you less credible.

this mean a new game of blaming each other between imran khan and irsalan is going to started.

Making of a leader. Like father like son.

Hmmmm. Look who is talking.

When your introduction is being given as so and so's son, I don't think you have any credibility of your own to question others. That goes for everyone, in my opinion, but especially for Arsalan Iftikhar. He is a joke. A pathetic joke. -Cheers

This is what happens when you pick up a fight with everyone. Imran should focus more KPK and bringing about electoral reforms in a peaceful way instead of picking up personal fights with just about anyone who comes in his path.

Oh.my god, now guys like arslan will criticise imran, who is known in the country because of coruption in pakistan.

Arsalan can you explain your relationship with Bahria town and your credentials, I am not Imran Khans fan but coming from you is simply ABSURD

All the mudslinging that IK and PTI did on former CJ and his son will now come back to haunt IK. Under Article 62 and 63 when running for elections Imran Khan has not disclosed that he has an illegitimate daughter in U.S in addition to his two sons. Now the case will be taken to the Supreme Court in Pakistan to declare Imran Khan as a liar who hid this fact and thereby he will have to resign. This is what I have understood.

No legacy is so rich as honesty and what we got is Arsalan. Ifthkhar Chaudhary's llegacy.

I want to know what happened to billions of rupees he took from Malik riaz with promise to have his cases settled

The guy is pisssed off because he(Iftikhar) was going to make millions from corruption but because of IKs critisism he is kicked out

Imran may not be great but a thief is a thief.

@Ali so do you mean he should have closed his eyes when pmln made him vice president of investment board . pakistan is there where it's because we think why we should make our hands dirty when someone is doing wrong.

@Muhammad It doesn't matter because he isn't a public official.

Imran Khan does not know politics. I thoroughly hate his ideology. His party is a one person show. He may have a tainted past. But he is a brave man who talks about rich people in politics and points out conflict of interest and importance of political leaders' money belonging to Pakistan. I will never, ever vote for his party. But Imran Khan is much better than the likes of Arslan Iftikhar.

I am not a fan of IK at all and have many issues with his blame game. But I do not think Dr. Arsalan needs to dust his own place first. It is interesting that at the end of the day all this public figures have some controversial past and they use it against each other when they are done with them.

Are Arslan's allegations against IK right or they are wrong is not my question. My question is why Arsalan started it after he resigned from a high level public post though without pay and perks but with lots of power and influence, you know what I mean. Therefore, I conclude that if he would have continued as vice chairman of the Board he would not have bothered about IK's honesty. No surprise because for a large majority of politicians and public servants in our country self-interest is over national interest.

@M.M.Sherazi - You would rather question Imran

And our society and it's champions just dug a new low for themselves, congratulations nation, sorry, people living in Pakistan.

@zeeshan From Imran's speeches in public Jalsas ?

Why is this person being given so much coverage? Who made him relevant? He always comes across aggressive and dishonest, and the argument he has presented in this article would apply to any person sitting in the parliament. Seems he is just grasping at straws to lash out at his critics

All Arsalan is doing - is manipulating the weaknesses in our constitution Why do we have such subjective clauses as "Sadiq" and "Ameen" in our constitution Who is going to define these terms now????

@Pakistani Ask IK

@zeeshan IK is getting salary from public money so every Pakistani have right to ask about his information. At the moment Arslan is not blaming, he is asking the question regarding his secret money, as per freedom of information.

@Nazir So one should be a saint to ask truth about IK?

Seriously! what is the qualification of this man to be given such important? He is the son of an ex cheif justice of Pakistan. Only in Pakistan we make irrelevant people, relevant.

"Arsalan had been appointed vice-chairman of the Balochistan Investment Board which was an

We all know IK's Playboy days. don't we? Now we has become weirdo.

You were selected as the vice chairman of investment board because your were the son of CJ and I'm more qualified than you but I cannot be selected for the same post because I'm a common citizen this country Dear Arsalan this is the struggle of consience to eliminate this status quo.

I am certainly not a saint nor in my opinion most of the contributors to these columns. Personally, I feel that Arsalan might have made money and caused a lot of damage to otherwise generally well reputed father. And I also feel that Arsalan never deserved the job he was given and for that yet another tragedy,the political leaders Continue to prove their worthlessness. In an honest society, person responsible would have been taken to task. Having said that all of us, no saints, keep cursing by name most political leaders for their known and unknown acts of dishonesty, so where is the harm if someone questions the integrity of Imran Khan. Let therefore matter be investigated. After all, Imran is no saint either and yet he blames rightly, and more often wrongly other politicians.

The son will make sure that his father goes into the utter depths of oblivion.

Imran blames every body without thought. He went after Arsalan without much thought. In cricket it is loose ball and he got hit out of field. It does not matter how bad Arsalan is because he is not in politics. Media could exploit it and what does Imran get? IK supporters have a lot to learn.

Sharifs are the most powerful civilians (with Saudis backing them) in pakistan. they would use all their resources and anybody including judiciary to destroy Imran Khan.

enters the son of Pakistan's most controversial CJ... in Politics you're free to express your point of view Mr Iftikhar but your words mean nothing without a proof and since your father is not there to protect you, anyone can challenge you in the court of law to prove yourself or pay damages

The accusations of ex CJ Iftikhar ch role in electoral rigging initially came up in May 2014. Why his son waited for 2 months before asking his "innocent questions" oh, I forgot, IK recently have call for 14 Aug march... plus his uncle rana sanaullah is jobless these days.... Arslan Iftikhar failed to give even a single satisfactory answer about malik riaz scam in recent interviews....

Why is Dawn wasting its precious real estate and our precious time on unknown (no bodies of Pak society) some one whos only achievement is to be born to corrupt justice of court. Please refrain from giving voice to such corrupt mafia of "none achievers and scrum" of Pak society on your print media. Before none achievers like Mr Iftikhars son opens his mouth again ask him to go to any place in Pakistan and build one room dispensary and one room school to be eligible for Pakistani print media real estate.

arsalan trying to decide who is Sadiq and Amin...haha.

he does not make any sense...who is this guy to talk like this , is he from PML-N??? and what is credibility to make such allegations? just because he is son of someone makes him someone ? I am feed up with Pakistani mentality of riding on the back of their family or father and seek attention and place of importance with anything to their credit.

@Amir Khan Please enlighten us what Arsalan Iftikhar's actual demands are? What he wanted from Imran Khan to present? @Nauman I too didn't understand what this news is all about.

@M.M.Sherazi You seem to forget the cases against Arsalan himself. Unfortunately , our nation feels it is her right to be corrupt.

A man involved in multi-million dollars scams challenging the character of another person. Another sad state of affairs.

Arsalan , I just want to buy you nice expensive mirror so you can see your self clearly, before you start talking.

He is looking for some "free" publicity

Arsalan, you can say anything about Imran's politics, but he is one of only two people in Pakistan, I can trust with my Zakat money. The other is Edhi.

Looks like anti Imran Khan sentiments run strong ammong these guys.

Why did he only pick IK? what about all of the other Politician?

Arsalan Iftikhar is Born again. We should forget all his past sins. Same applies for Election commission. It is Born again under Nawaz. So its past sins should be forgotten,

Look who is complaining.

@Malveros Arsalan's credibility is seriously in question and so is the 'mental state' of people who are taking his allegations against IK seriously.

@raj Yes lets bury our heads in the sand...and let NS and his cronies get away with murder.

@Khalid Muhammad Janaab-e-Aala! The march was for the independence of the judiciary - not for an individual.

@Nauman same here its just a news.

Dear Imran please take deep breath and do not respond.

There is no instrument to measure a human beings morality not the least its difficult to even define what morality really is. A public figure and politician should only be judged by his or her financial integrity and mental competence to lead both of which are objective measurement. The tragedy of our nation is such that we enjoy speculating about subjective phenomenon. Socrates had addressed all this stuff 2000 years ago. Why does media give credence to non issues and stupid things.

@Ali Why so that these types of people can do as much corruption as they can ? Please don't think about Lahore. For ALLAH sake please think about Pakistan.

ImranKhan will have to learn to restrain himself at public gatherings from hurling abuse and invective at public figures. Arsalan's attempt at discrediting his honesty, although on a personal matter will be guided by some expert legal advice. I would suggest that Arsalan may have the advantage in this mater. The moral in this tale is that public verbal accusations are both inflammatory and bear consequences. Therefore if a lesson is to be taught to Imran then it should. It is unfortunate that no-one in his party has the ability to prevent him from indulging in mud-slinging campaigns. Also to inform him he wlll not be the Prime Minister of Pakistan! during this term and the game is over for him. , .

Let him get his frustration out. He just has resigned from the gold mine.

IK is mudslinging Ars Ch in order to undermine Ifthekhar Ch personality because he may later on create his own party under nearly same slogans as IK is using... Now connect the dots

Although I disagree with some of Imran Khans policy regarding FATA but he is the only person who qualifies to be a leader. He is quick and bold and have real solutions to lead Pakistan out of a fourth grade nation.He can not be influenced and corrupted.He does not compromise his stand and principal for gaining political benefits.

Yeah right...

Arsalan should disclose sources of his wealth and taxes paid.

@TAYYABA That will be fun!

Before checking into Imran K's personal life, Arsalan has to clear his name. Real Estate tycoon, Malick Riaz of Bharia Town had accused him of availing free trips to Europe , all expenses paid by Malick Riaz.

Why does n't this man go back to his profession? Is he a fake doctor ?

@Taimoor Khan His qualifcation is MBBS, and what is the qualification of IK, a fast bowler.

Imran khan is the choice of people power, you were not arsalan nor was your father

@Irfan baloch You sound very irritated!

@Muhammed Ali Murder of who, that Canadian Mullah is still around!

@Fazal Karim That is your opinion, and we have a right to disagree. IK is nothing but a ball from loose cannon.

None of these politicians have nothing to say Imran other than his personal life. Unfortunately these politicians and their kins have too much baggage of corruption that Imran's bag looks like a tiny grain of salt in front of them.

As much as I dispise Arsalan Iftikhar, he has total right to bring to question anything he is concerned about. Imran Khan should answer them. Thats the right of the people. Most probably he is just trying to be an annoyance, who will fly away at the first sign of discomfort.

@Ali Absolutely right. I wish someone would be man enough to tell Imran that we are with him but he needs to be more civil. Focus on achieving the good, not these idiots who are only going to be a menace, a pest.

Afterall Mushraf was correct to sake his father and him. We are sorry to Musraaf for not taking him seriously at that time.

@Iqbal You should migrate to KPK. You will be selected as Chief secretary immediately and later-on may be selected as CM.

At a minimum Shahbaz Sharif should step down for a fair investigation of the Model Town Massacre. The rest is just noise and distraction.

@Fazal Karim Good joke

@zeeshan what is Imran Khan'S contribution to anyone, except his loud mouth. Has he kept any of his election promises?

IK cannot abuse anyone any time he wants. He should answer these questions. Arslan is doing any thing illegal. People should start challenging IK in court.

@Malveros IK should have considered everything before slinging mud.

@Lucky Star I have seen Pakistani MBBS doctors who went through medical college because they got preferential admissions and then scraped through because of the push behind them. They then go on not to practice medicine. How unfortunate for Pakistan that this kind of a person is being given so much importance. Also IK accused his father of meddling in the elections.

@raj As the past sins of IK have been or being forced to be forgotten.......

Well done Arsalan

Our ruling elite only thing they can do is sling mud! Shame on them!

His qualification is that he is on Oxford graduate if you want to talk academics, dear sir. Be fair.

Keeping himself and media busy...

What happened to the references against iftikhar chaudhry?

He speaks truth.

Oh... and you are... Arsalan who??? Oh... the CJs son? I don't think that gives you much credibility either... At least IK has done something tangible for the country.

Grapes are sour :)

many investigation have already been conducted on IK. thinking that PMLN would not have dug out everything on him is insane. yet they didn't find anything. the only thing they found was on his hospital and that too backfired big time. similarly, MQM supporters have only been able to blame him as 'Zani'. they haven't found anything else. plus all TV anchors and journalists vouch for IK's honesty. about the honesty of Arsalan Iftikhar, on the other hand, the less said the better.

Why isn't Arsalan Iftikhar in prison serving time?

@M.M.Sherazi > The issue really is that Arsalan Iftikhar took bribes from Riaz Malik to fix things using his father's influence. The sum was around half a billion rupees (or twice that) and included a luxury trip to Europe. Before we learn about Imran, we need to find out whether the anti-corruption slogans of the PML-N mean anything or not. The proof in Imran's case will need to be proven and verified which is something that has already been done in Arsalan's case. Just because he is not in prison as yet, does not mean that he should be paraded around like an advertisement saying that "Crime does pay"

@Malveros > The news about the daughter was already disclosed and debated in the national Assembly. The MQM also raised the issue when they were having problems with Imran. It was not a secret or an undisclosed fact.

@Nadeem > Arsalan has already done illegal acts and he needs to pay the price for them. Once he has paid that price he is welcome to tell us all about Imran.

Upcoming political leader on the same Daddy Mummy legacy.

Will any politician or others holding top positions in Govt. or Judiciary will come out clean if they really state facts about their assets and personal life? Best years Pakistan had was under Ayoub Khan and Pervez Musharaf.

Imran should ignore such comments of someone who do not know what he is talking about. When Arsalan was implicated in Malik's case his father commented he has nothing to do with and he was not aware of the wrong doings done by Arsalan. Imran should carry on with his good work and not to give heed to such comments, probably coming out of Ch. Iftikhar's backing.

Can anyone name only ONE Ameen and Sadiq politician in our country?

@Eddie:" use all their resources and anybody including judiciary to destroy Imran Khan." Your wishful thinking ! You mean because all of US resources failed to bring him down no more than a notch...or the paid deliberate attempt to incapacitate him, end his game, that failed too: "He whom Allah protects no one can touch. And he whom Allah destroys no one can protect". Imran Khan retains the potential to be a great statesman. Paks too will recognized that one day, irrespective of the finances and forces deployed against him. On that day Pakistan too will rise, shine be counted among the nations, once again.

It is very interesting Arsalan is very relented he told that i meet with CM Balochistan and i discussed policy .arsalan Alhamduulah we people of Balochistan have the ability to discussed and create new ideas . Arsalan you know very well who will supporting u and cor what cause you are not y; the allegations are fundamentally serious enough to launch an investigation against Arsalan from where he appointed and for what purpose he mobilized he know very well and also media he ,

this mean a new game of blaming each other between imran khan and irsalan is going to started.

this mean a new game of blaming each other between imran khan and irsalan is going to started.

Only in Pakistan criminals have guts to blame innocent. Only in Pakistan....The second lowest passport in world. Shame

@Eddie Imran does not need Sharifs to destroy him; he is destroying himself.He does not appear to learn from others mistakes nor ,in my opinion, he displays any tendency to learn from his own mistakes. Others are not as dishonest as he likes us to believe nor is he as honest as he pretends to be.What surprises me most is the role of his mentors such as indomitable Hashmi sahib. Why is he allowing IK to commit political suicide ?

We were all in favor of Imran Khan and contributed heavily for election bid. Now, we have seen his performance and vision and found out " He is ZEERO Khan. His negativity is hurting Pakistan and his repetive base allegations driving us away from his " one man rule ". Secondly , we want to know if he is a real Khan , or is he a " Kaths Pathaan ". Stop nonsense and let Elected Government do work for the People of Pakistan and not for Jewish Lobby.

As soon as I saw this guys pictured I started cracking up. I knew it was going to be a joke. #goimrankhan

What has he ever done to warrant even a line in the press. The father protected him in the Malik Riaz Scandal, now the son is protecting the father, because Imran is asking the right Questions. The Clown makes waves is the heading you should give him. If Children begot out of wedlock are to be counted then half of the Politicians are going to be guilty. First Arsalan has to prove that he is the legitimate son of his father because all his actions so far have proved him otherwise.

What a joke Arsalan Iftikhar is questioning Imran Khan credibility. What has he done to get a reward of VP of BIB. Taking bribes from Malik Riaz does not make you an Investment Guru. Taking free foreign trip paid for by People like Riaz Malik makes you a cheat, a liar and greedy.

Arsalan Iftikhar has all the ingredients to be top leader of ruling party except Kashmiri

Pak Media need these types of Jokers to survive.

Seems to be the most difficult chellenge at the most critical time Imran Khan will be facing. I am sure he will make it as he has previously done so. It is however very interesting for me to know how he will make it out of this one and I look forward to seeing his combat.

I am amazed that DAWN , a reputable Daily would provide a space to a tabloid gossip by Arsalan whose only qualification is that he is son of exCJ. Even ex CJ has n't left a legacy that nation can be proud of.

It seems.Taking a so moto notice is a family affair. his father never delivered any thing apart from coming on breaking news and headlines from so motos . Lets se what his son does

Seems Arsalan has all the qualifications to be the president or prime minister of Pakistan.

@Imran Ahmad hahhahahaha

Anyone can question IK's assets, this is their basic right to know about a national leader. Everyone should have the right to question about IK's business, where he gets money from, how much tax he pay. But no one should be allowed to seek personal information on anyone. One may have illegal child with someone, but that doesn't give me the license to question it. Its betweek that person and Allah. The only person who have or should have the right to question IK is that woman or the child itself. Other than that you or me have no right to interfere in this. I dont know when we are going to realize this, our aim should be to correct someone not to malign someone. There are times IK is wrong and he does things which are wrong and should be objectionable, but not on on this particular issue. To accuse someone like this is wrong for something we don't even know for sure, none of us have seen this with our eyes. so we have no right to to question IK or anyone on these sort of issue. Yes question him on his performance, his taxes, his wealth and etc...

@Lucky Star LOL, how ignorant are you. IK is a graduate from Oxford. BTW, i was referring to qualification of this character called Arsalan to even speak about someone of high stature as IK.

@janan Good suggestion, no need to give importance to Arsalan, he is a wind bag, Ignore him.

Looting of taxpayers money is the greatest sin in politics, judiciary. How u made crores not billion as u confessed on TV interview in just one year. Difficult to believe.

Look who is talking! !

@zeeshan Ironically, Zeeshan, and many others like him, are continuously pointing out innocently the reality that how far or how disconnected from reality are the supporters of the PTI when they claim about those who question about PTI & IK that from where these people are coming and what are their contribution to the society as contribution to society is only measured through level of blind support of PTI. My dear friends, those who question PTI, do not come from the Moon or Mars. They are also inhabitants of the same planet and God has blessed them with similar blessings and skills and which PTI supporters, till today, are unable to comprehend. Be it IK, NS, AZ or anybody else, everybody should be equal before law. Be patient and objective and work for betterment of Pakistan without losing unity. Blind support leads to dead end when sometimes there is no turning back or probably a great part of time, which is precious, is wasted.

As they say, "what goes around comes around" (can haunt you in this life)! Imran Khan has been making humiliating and derogatory allegations (without evidence) against the former Chief Justice of the SC (and many others) for the last almost one year and now his son returns the compliment, however repugnant it sounds in esp. the holy month of Ramadan, it may become Imran Khan's Achilles's heel in the Supreme Court, if an application is filed! It's not only about 'zina' (a love-child), but a breach of the Constitution i.e. 'concealment of personal facts as required under S. 62 & 63' which in a Court of Law can disqualify Imran Khan. Not only that, under the penal code of Pakistan, an 'illegitimate child', if proven in a court of law in Pakistan, can also carry up to 10 years of imprisonment. However, Dr Arsalan Chowdhury's attempt to discredit Khan, in vengeance for discrediting his father, will not make much difference to PTI's support (as his supposed daughter, born in 1992, from Sita White - the late Lord White's daughter is a well-known story in the UK, USA, and across the globe) but these are allegations that can establish risky and dangerous precedent in constitutional law and public service. But at the same time, it is also questionable insofar as politicians should be seen to be above the highest professional and ethical codes of conduct of 'honesty' and 'integrity' in their public declaration of electoral nomination forms (and at every stage of their public service; you may also refer to details of 'Nolan's 7 Principles of Public Service' and ethical standards of code of conduct required of a parliamentarian in the UK - 'selflessness', 'integrity', 'honesty', 'objectivity', 'accountability', 'openness', and 'leadership'). Moreover, a public servant must also also meet the highest standards of the moral code of conduct in their private lives esp. in a jurisdiction that proudly purports itself to be an 'Islamic Republic' (in accordance with the Quran and Sunnah, a leader must be 'amin - trustworthy' and 'sadiq - honest', two of the several attributes necessary of a Political Leader in Islam, which is indisputable by any Muslim).

@Imran: I dont think man, it maybe true for average joe but a national leader is and should be judged upon decisions he makes, personal or professional. Especially when the leader is a firebrand, who accuses everyone under the sun and make broad generalizations about other elected leaders.