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      <title>A list of 19 journalists allegedly bribed by Malik Riaz</title>
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&lt;p&gt;A record of payments allegedly made to 19 senior-journalists of Pakistan, by the Bahria Town owner Malik Riaz has surfaced on the social networking site Twitter, Aaj News reported.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong style="font-style: italic;"&gt;UPDATE: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/mubasher-lucman-resigns-via-youtube/" target="_blank"&gt;Mubasher Lucman finally speaks out; resigns via YouTube.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;UPDATE: &lt;a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/hamid-mir-ready-to-present-himself-for-accountability/" target="_blank"&gt;Hamid Mir ready to present himself for accountability&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;UPDATE:&lt;a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/34-crore-is-nothing-compared-to-real-corruption-of-pakistan-hassan-nisar/" target="_blank"&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/34-crore-is-nothing-compared-to-real-corruption-of-pakistan-hassan-nisar/" target="_blank"&gt;Hassan Nisar says that SC has taken on too many powerful enemies and that they should have finished the job when they had the chance to. &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;UPDATE: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/%E2%80%9Criaz%E2%80%99s-interview-was-a-pre-set-rehearsed-interview%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-talat-hussain/" target="_self"&gt;Talat Hussain shreds Media-Gate issue to pieces; Mazhar Abbas questionsÂ the authenticity of the list.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;UPDATE: &lt;a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/shahid-masood-responds-to-mediagate-scandal/" target="_blank"&gt;Dr. Shahid Masood's quirky response to Bahria Town List accusations.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;UPDATE: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/i-will-go-to-court-against-malik-riaz-mehar-bukhari/" target="_blank"&gt;Meher Bokhari explains the leaked footage; denies bribery allegations&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;em&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/i-will-leave-this-profession-if-proven-guilty-of-bribery-kamran-khan/" target="_blank"&gt;Kamran Khan has denied the allegations brought forward against him.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/i-will-leave-this-profession-if-proven-guilty-of-bribery-kamran-khan/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;UPDATE:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/no-police-no-courts-i-will-fight-my-own-fight-nusrat-javed/" target="_blank"&gt;Nusrat Javed and Mushtaq Minhas deny bribery allegations. Nusrat claims Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) is planning a conspiracy against him.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Renowned names of various news television anchors and journalists like Dr. Shahid Masood, Najam Sethi, Kamran Khan, Nusrat Javed,Â &lt;a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/malik-riaz-pre-planned-interview-behind-the-scenes-video-leaked/" target="_blank"&gt;Meher Bokhari, Mubasher Lucman&lt;/a&gt;, Hamid Mir, Javed Chaudhry, Sana Bucha, Sohail Waraich and Asma Shirazi among a few others, are present in the lists below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An account ofÂ favors allegedly given to these journalistsÂ in shapes of money, cars and property etc is recorded in these trademarked letterheads of Bahria Town.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Up till now, almost every accused journalist has questioned the authenticity of the list below, claiming its a fake document.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-197927" title="LIst1" src="http://www.aaj.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/LIst1.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="768" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-197928" title="LIST2" src="http://www.aaj.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/LIST2.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="768" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-197930" title="LIST" src="http://www.aaj.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/LIST.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="768" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-197929" title="List3" src="http://www.aaj.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/List3.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="768" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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<p>A record of payments allegedly made to 19 senior-journalists of Pakistan, by the Bahria Town owner Malik Riaz has surfaced on the social networking site Twitter, Aaj News reported.</p>
<p><strong style="font-style: italic;">UPDATE: </strong><a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/mubasher-lucman-resigns-via-youtube/" target="_blank">Mubasher Lucman finally speaks out; resigns via YouTube.</a></p>
<p><strong><em>UPDATE: <a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/hamid-mir-ready-to-present-himself-for-accountability/" target="_blank">Hamid Mir ready to present himself for accountability</a></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><strong><em>UPDATE:<a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/34-crore-is-nothing-compared-to-real-corruption-of-pakistan-hassan-nisar/" target="_blank"> </a></em></strong><a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/34-crore-is-nothing-compared-to-real-corruption-of-pakistan-hassan-nisar/" target="_blank">Hassan Nisar says that SC has taken on too many powerful enemies and that they should have finished the job when they had the chance to. </a></em></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">UPDATE: </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/%E2%80%9Criaz%E2%80%99s-interview-was-a-pre-set-rehearsed-interview%E2%80%9D-%E2%80%93-talat-hussain/" target="_self">Talat Hussain shreds Media-Gate issue to pieces; Mazhar Abbas questionsÂ the authenticity of the list.</a></p>
<p><strong><em>UPDATE: <a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/shahid-masood-responds-to-mediagate-scandal/" target="_blank">Dr. Shahid Masood's quirky response to Bahria Town List accusations.</a></em></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">UPDATE: </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/i-will-go-to-court-against-malik-riaz-mehar-bukhari/" target="_blank">Meher Bokhari explains the leaked footage; denies bribery allegations</a>.</p>
<p><strong><em><em>UPDATE:</em><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/i-will-leave-this-profession-if-proven-guilty-of-bribery-kamran-khan/" target="_blank">Kamran Khan has denied the allegations brought forward against him.</a></em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/i-will-leave-this-profession-if-proven-guilty-of-bribery-kamran-khan/" target="_blank"></a><em>UPDATE:</em><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/no-police-no-courts-i-will-fight-my-own-fight-nusrat-javed/" target="_blank">Nusrat Javed and Mushtaq Minhas deny bribery allegations. Nusrat claims Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) is planning a conspiracy against him.</a></em></strong></p>
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<p>Renowned names of various news television anchors and journalists like Dr. Shahid Masood, Najam Sethi, Kamran Khan, Nusrat Javed,Â <a href="http://www.aaj.tv/2012/06/malik-riaz-pre-planned-interview-behind-the-scenes-video-leaked/" target="_blank">Meher Bokhari, Mubasher Lucman</a>, Hamid Mir, Javed Chaudhry, Sana Bucha, Sohail Waraich and Asma Shirazi among a few others, are present in the lists below.</p>
<p>An account ofÂ favors allegedly given to these journalistsÂ in shapes of money, cars and property etc is recorded in these trademarked letterheads of Bahria Town.</p>
<p>Up till now, almost every accused journalist has questioned the authenticity of the list below, claiming its a fake document.</p>
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<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-197930" title="LIST" src="http://www.aaj.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/LIST.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="768" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-197929" title="List3" src="http://www.aaj.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/List3.jpg" alt="" width="576" height="768" /></p>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2012 10:48:40 +0500</pubDate>
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