Lt Gen (retd) Bajwa says that he will continue his work as Chairman CPEC Authority
\nnews desk
\nISLAMABAD
\nSpecial Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa announced on Thursday he has decided to step down from his position as the premier\u2019s aide.
\nIn a conversation with Geo News show host Shahzeb Khanzada, Lt Gen Bajwa said he would hand in his resignation to the prime minister tomorrow and would request him to relieve him of his duties as his aide.
\nHe said that he will continue his work as Chairman China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority.
\nLt Gen Bajwa said that the premier\u2019s priority is CPEC \u201cand I believe as well that this project is the country\u2019s future\u201d.
\n\u201cI hope that the prime minister will allow me to concentrate all my focus on CPEC,\u201d he added.
\n\u2018Materially false news spread with view to malign my reputation\u2019
\nThe announcement comes on the heels of a strong rebuttal to allegations raised against him in news broken on an \u201cunknown website\u201d on August 27 by journalist Ahmed Noorani.
\nLt Gen Bajwa on Thursday \u201cvehemently denied as incorrect and false\u201d all allegations.
\nThe four-page rebuttal to the accusations, was posted to Twitter by Lt Gen Bajwa, along with the following statement: \u201cI strongly rebut the baseless allegations levelled against me and my family. Alhamdolillah another attempt to damage our reputation belied\/exposed. I have and will always serve Pakistan with pride and dignity.\u201d
\nThe premier\u2019s aide said that he has \u201cnot shied away to explain the allegations shamelessly leveled\u201d against him.
\n\u201cThese allegations have been hurled at me to tarnish my image,\u201d he said.
\nThe rebuttal noted that the news has alleged as follows:
\n– my declaration of assets and liabilities as an SAPM in the Federal Government dated 22.06.2020 is incorrect because I have failed to disclose the investment of my wife abroad;- my brothers have conducted businesses in the USA and their growth of business is relatable to my promotion in the Pakistan Army;- random mention has been made of companies, businesses and properties, owned by my brothers and children, with sweeping allegations regarding their evaluation and propriety.
\n\u201cAll the adverse insinuations leveled in the news item in question so also the aspects mentioned in the para 2 above, are materially false,\u201d Lt Gen Bajwa said.
\nHe said that the allegation that his declaration of assets and liabilities dated June 22 suffers from omission of the investment of his wife abroad, is \u201cmaterially false\u201d.
\nLt Gen Bajwa said that when the declaration was filed, his wife was \u201cno longer an investor or shareholder in any business\u201d belonging to his brothers or anyone else abroad. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lt Gen (retd) Bajwa says that he will continue his work as Chairman CPEC Authority news desk ISLAMABAD Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa announced on Thursday he has decided to step down from his position as the premier\u2019s aide. In a conversation with Geo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-142243","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n