ISLAMABAD – New developments have been reported in the case of Dr MurtazaAmjad, the son-in-law of former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
The owner of the multi-billion company, Eden Housing and prime accused inthe scam, Dr Amjad, who is the father of Murtaza, moved NAB with a requestfor a plea bargain.
‘NAB told Dr Amjad to immediately deposit 34 per cent of the total moneyinvolved in the scam before the bureau initiates other modalities of theplea bargain,’ an interior ministry source revealed.
A review petition was also filed in the supreme court according to which,Murtaza Amjad had on Sept 26 gone to Dubai to visit his wife and childrenwhen he was detained at the local airport.
“Since then he is not being allowed to see his wife, and even his lawyer,despite several attempts,” the petition claims.
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The petition states that NAB proceedings against Dr Amjad stemmed out ofmala fide intentions.
The review petition contended that the placement of Dr Amjad’s name on theECL was an extreme measure and a restriction on his fundamental rights.
The petition said that Dr Amjad and his family were forced to leavePakistan, pleading that placement of the name of on the ECL without anopportunity of hearing is in violation of Articles 15 and 25 of theConstitution.
