Veteran journalist Azaz Syed has claimed that controversial property tycoon Malik Riaz has written two letters within last month to the Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal General Syed Asim Munir. 

 

The journalist, while speaking on his YouTube channel TalkSHOCK on Wednesday, claimed that the property tycoon wrote the first letter to Field Marshal Munir on June 3, offering an apology over his recent conduct. “He [Malik Riaz] has expressed a desire to serve the country,” Azaz revealed. 

 

The scribe further claimed that Riaz wrote a second letter to the army chief on June 12 or 13, announcing that he would dedicate 3,000 Kanals of land in the name of military martyrs. 

 

He went on to say that some leaders in the incumbent government, including Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi and Military Intelligence (MI) Major General Wajid, want to resolve the stand-off with Riaz and bring him back to the country, given that the property tycoon is a big businessman and Pakistan needs economic stability.

 

However, the journalist later added that some individuals do not agree with this approach, saying, “I have heard that DG ISI, DG IB and some other personalities think otherwise.”

 

On May 31, three days before the property tycoon wrote the first letter to General Asim Munir, an accountability court issued non-bailable warrants for arrest of the property tycoon, his son, Ahmed Ali Riaz and others in the Bahria Town Karachi (BTK) land grab case.

 

The court directed investigating officer Waqar Anwar to arrest and produce them in court on July 17.

In March, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) issued a press release, claiming that it had sealed “numerous” commercial and residential properties of Riaz across the country for "defrauding people of billions of rupees."

 
The accountability watchdog further said that it “once again informs the public that several cases of fraud and deception against Malik Riaz Ahmed, owner of Bahria Town, and others are currently under investigation.”