A Special Assistant to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has resigned following allegations leveled against him in the ongoing inquiry into a road project, Tribune reported.

 Zulfi Bukhari, special assistant to the prime minister for overses Pakistanis, also demanded a judicial probe into Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) Project scam.

"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 wrote on his official Twitter handle.

The PM's aide said that owing to the allegations in the ongoing inquiry, he wanted to set an example.

"By resigning from office until my name is cleared up of any allegations and media’s obnoxious lies," he said in another tweet.

He reiterated that he has nothing to do with Ring Road or any ongoing real estate project.

"This time the inquiry should be done by capable personnel, I endorse a judicial inquiry," he added.

Bukhari further said that he's here to stay in Pakistan and will continue to stand united with Imran Khan and his vision.

"I sacrificed my life overseas to come and serve my country, I am ready to face any inquiry."
 
Last Saturday, Imran Khan had ordered an inquiry into the Rawalpindi Ring Road (RRR) Project scam after which the Punjab government decided to send the case to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) or the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) for a thorough investigation.

Earlier in the day, while addressing media persons in Islamabad, Minister for Aviation Ghulam Sarwar Khan said that the alignment of the project was changed on technical grounds; therefore, no one can blame us for political interference in development projects.

(SAM)