Asim Saleem Bajwa: PM approves resignation

 

Asim Saleem Bajwa 

Asim Saleem Bajwa, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Information and Chairman CPEC Authority, said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had accepted his resignation from the post of Special Assistant.

In a message on social networking site Twitter, Asim Saleem Bajwa said, "I have requested the Prime Minister of Pakistan to resign from the additional post of Special Assistant to the Information Minister, which he has accepted."

Lt. Gen. (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa announced his resignation last month in a program on a private TV channel, but said he would continue to serve as head of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority. Will

 However, a press release issued by the Prime Minister's Office the day after the announcement of his resignation said that the Prime Minister had not accepted Asim Bajwa's resignation and had asked him to continue his work.

However, a press release issued by the Prime Minister's Office the day after the announcement of his resignation said that the Prime Minister had not accepted Asim Bajwa's resignation and had asked him to continue his work.

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A statement from the PM's office at the time said, "Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he is satisfied with the evidence and explanation provided by Asim Saleem Bajwa. The special assistant has been instructed to continue his work.

Asim Bajwa had tendered his resignation to the prime minister just days after news of his family's business-related journalist, Ahmad Noorani, last month, but he cited personal reasons for his engagement.

 Asim Bajwa had also answered questions on talk shows of various TV channels in September and on the same day he had also told about his resignation from the federal cabinet on private TV channel ARY.

 However, a statement issued from the Prime Minister's House the next day said that Prime Minister Asim Saleem was satisfied with the explanation given by Bajwa.

Asim Saleem Bajwa himself confirmed his resignation

On Monday, Asim Saleem Bajwa himself confirmed his resignation. No statement has been issued by the Prime Minister's Office or the Ministry of Information regarding his resignation.
 Asim Bajwa did not elaborate this time on whether he had re-applied to Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign from the federal cabinet or whether the Prime Minister had reconsidered his first request.
 It may be recalled that after the news of journalist Ahmad Noorani came to light, PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif, PML-N Central Vice President Maryam Nawaz, PPP leader Farhatullah Babar and others from different walks of life. There was a demand from the holders that Asim Bajwa and Imran Khan should respond in this regard.
 Recently, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, while addressing a meeting of opposition parties and later a meeting of his party from London through a video link, strongly criticized the silence of the courts, including the NAB, on the issue of Asim Saleem Bajwa. He took the position that the government, which had raised the slogan of accountability on the assets of Asim Bajwa, had remained silent.

 After Asim Bajwa was criticized by Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Nawaz and Bilawal Bhutto, there was a trend on social media to demand receipts for his assets.

Asim Saleem Bajwa has already denied the allegations

In a four-page statement released on Twitter, Asim Bajwa said he had been accused of misrepresenting the assets he had submitted to the federal government as special assistant to the prime minister on June 22, 2020. Because it does not mention his wife's investment abroad and that his brothers 'business growth in the United States is related to their growth in the Pakistani military, while his brothers' and children's companies, Businesses and properties have been vilified, and their value and ownership have been vilified.

 Asim Bajwa said that the allegation against him that he did not disclose the details of his wife's business as an information consultant was not true.

 He said he disclosed the details of his assets on June 22, 2020, but his wife had separated from his brothers' foreign business a few weeks ago and withdrew his investment on June 1, 2020. At the time of disclosure, she was not an investor or owner of shares in these companies.

 He claimed that his wife's separation from business was officially mentioned in documents in the United States.

 It may be recalled that in the list of assets released in July, Asim Bajwa showed an investment of only Rs 31 lakh in the 'family business' in the name of his wife and confirmed at the end of the affidavit that' mine, and my The list of his wife's assets is not only complete and accurate, but I did not hide anything.

Asim Bajwa added that in the 18-year period from 2002 to June 1, 2020, his wife had invested a total of  19,492 in his brothers' business in the United States.

 He said that this investment was made with the money saved by him (Asim Bajwa) and all of them have accounts, and this investment did not violate the rules and regulations of the State Bank of Pakistan 'even once'. 

 The former army general said in a statement that journalist Ahmad Noorani's report accused Bajco Global Management of being in fact the patron of all Bajco-affiliated businesses. He said it was "beyond reality" because Bajco Global Management is not the patron of any company but only a management company that provides "management services" to all Bajco-affiliated businesses for a fee.

 He said the reporter had "falsely claimed" that Bajko owned 99 companies, while several companies on the list had been "counted several times". He said there are currently 27 active companies in the United States and two in the United Arab Emirates.