Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s shut aide resigns over corruption allegations

A detailed good friend of Prime Minister Imran Khan resigned on Monday after his title surfaced in a corruption case, in a setback to Pakistan premier who claims that he has been heading a clear authorities.Zulfi Bukhari, the Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, was accused of utilizing affect to broaden the Rawalpindi Ring Road venture to facilitate some actual property builders.It is alleged that the price of the venture elevated by Rs 25 billion after it was unnecessarily widened to present direct entry to some housing societies.READ | Must combat this collectively: Pak PM Imran Khan, ministers categorical solidarity with India battling Covid”My Prime Minister has always said that if a person has been named rightly or wrongly in any inquiry he should cease to hold any public office till his name has been cleared of charges,” Bukhari tweeted.”Owing to the allegations in ongoing Ring Road inquiry, I need to set this instance by resigning from workplace till my title is cleared up of any allegations and media’s obnoxious lies,” he mentioned.Bukhari mentioned he had nothing to do with the Ring Road or another actual property venture and demanded a high-powered judicial probe.ALSO READ | Pak PM Imran Khan says no regular relations except India retracts Article 370 revocation”I’m right here to remain in Pakistan and stand united with the Prime Minister and his imaginative and prescient,” Bukhari, who’s a British nationwide, mentioned, including that he sacrificed life abroad to come back and serve Pakistan.Minister for Aviation, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, who was additionally accused of utilizing affect to assist some builders, addressed a press convention and rejected the costs whereas providing himself for any sort of probe.The Rawalpindi Ring Road venture is a mega venture to offer an alternate path to heavy visitors with out going into the town of Rawalpindi or neighbouring Islamabad.According to an preliminary probe by Commissioner Rawalpindi, the route was unnecessarily realigned and zigzagged to the touch some housing schemes which jacked up the price.The Punjab authorities has already taken motion in opposition to the district commissioners of Rawalpindi and Attock and different senior income officers by eradicating them from their posts.The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has introduced that it’s going to launch a probe in opposition to these answerable for corruption within the venture.The stepping down of Bukhari is a setback for Prime Minister Khan, who has at all times taken a excessive ethical floor on the problem of corruption and claims that he’s main a clear authorities.