‘Lt Gen (r) Asim Bajwa to issue clarification on report linking military career to family’s businesses’

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz has said that Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Lt Gen (r) Asim Saleem Bajwa will soon be issuing a clarification on the news report that linked his military career to his family’s businesses. 

Faraz, in a statement on Twitter, said that he had spoken to Bajwa, who will in a few days issue a “detailed” clarification on reports regarding his assets.

Bajwa, who is also the chairperson of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority, has already rebutted the report while calling it a “malicious propaganda story”.

The report had gone viral last week.

LT GEN (R) ASIM BAJWA:

Lt Gen (r) Bajwa, who replaced former information minister Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan as the premier’s media aide earlier this year, is a retired three-star general.

During his military career, he has served as the director general (DG) of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) as well as the commander of Pakistan Army’s Southern Command.