*ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s top judge has asked real estate mogul Malik Riaz topay Rs1 trillion for encroaching on government land in Islamabad.*
The Supreme Court was hearing the Margalla Hill’s tree-felling case onWednesday.
“You must pay for encroaching on the government’s land,” Chief JusticeSaqib Nisar told Malik Riaz, who is the founder and chairman of BahriaTown. “Please arrange for Rs1,000 billion before the next hearing.”
Riaz remarked that he doesn’t even have Rs100 billion. “Even the UnitedStates won’t have that much money,” he said.
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“If you don’t have the money, then who does? Malik Riaz has the money ofthe entire country,” the top judge said.
