Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa has decided to step down as special assistant to prime minister on information and said that he will continue as heading CPEC project. He decided this after coming clean on scandalous accusations of assets disguise in a detailed rebuttal shared on Twitter.
He further said that he will present his resignation to Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday and request him to dismiss him of the portfolio.
The statement by the former chief of the Pakistan Army's media wing came short after he issued a four-page denial to a recently published investigative news report by journalist Ahmad Noorani about alleged offshore properties and businesses of Bajwa and his close family members.
Bajwa said in private news channel that he had decided to quit as the SAPM on information after consultation with his family. "I decided to put all my energies into CPEC because we thought that a lot of focus is currently needed on the CPEC Authority,". The premier's aide said the government's information wing "has many other qualified people", therefore, he will keep his focus on CPEC. He said an excellent team was taking shape regarding CPEC and the entire cabinet was focused on the multi-billion dollar project.
Bajwa said he has all the relevant documents to support his money trail when he was asked about the Noorani’s allegations on him and his family. He said, "Being a Pakistani citizen, I am ready to provide the money trail, document or any sort of evidence on any platform,".
On Thursday, Bajwa in a tweet denied what he termed as "baseless allegations" against him and his family. "Alhamdolillah another attempts to damage our reputation belied/exposed. I have and will always serve Pakistan with pride and dignity," he wrote.
When the report was first published, Bajwa had denied the allegations on Twitter, saying: “A malicious propaganda story published on an unknown site, against me and my family, is strongly rebutted.”
FM Qureshi that authenticity of the report will be cleared soon and he further said “It is now a common practice that the news is run without confirmation. A news should be made public once it is confirmed. The truth in this case will come to the fore soon,” the minister had stated.
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