he controversy that began with the son of the Chief Justice of Pakistan and Malik Riaz has pretty much mellowed down but it has not removed any question marks from the status of the various ongoing and halted projects like Bahria Town Islamabad. Other than the pending cases against the business tycoon, various other factors have drilled major holes in the goodwill of Malik Riaz and people are rather more keen on avoiding making any investments in any of his projects, especially the ones against which cases have been filed in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.