Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Lt Gen (retd) Asim Saleem Bajwa on Thursday "vehemently denied as incorrect and false" all allegations raised against him in news broken on August 27 by journalist Ahmed Noorani.
The four-page rebuttal to the accusations, was posted to Twitter by Lt Gen Bajwa, along with the following statement: "I 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."
I 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. pic.twitter.com/j185UoGhx1
— Asim Saleem Bajwa (@AsimSBajwa) September 3, 2020
The premier's aide said that he "not shied away to explain the allegations shamelessly leveled" against him.
"These allegations have been hurled at me to tarnish my image," he said.
The rebuttal noted that the news has alleged as follows:
- 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.
"All the adverse insinuations leveled in the news item in question so also the aspects mentioned in the para 2 above, are materially false," Lt Gen Bajwa said.
Lt Gen Bajwa noted that allegations have been made with regard to his children's businesses.
"It has been alleged that one of my sons had owned a company by name of Scion Builders and Estates (Pvt) Ltd, which has been registered in the SECP. It may be stated that this company has never done any business and same is dormant since inception," he said.
