PM removes Tahir Javed as SAPM

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwarul Haq Kakar has removed Texas-based Pakistani-American businessman Muhammad Tahir from the post of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister.

According to a notification issued by the PM Office here, the appointment notification of SAPM Mohammad Tahir Javed has been withdrawn.

The notification to appoint Tahir Javed as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Investment was issued on October 6, but the decision was taken to remove him after lobbying by a group of American-Pakistanis, according to sources.

The Establishment Division, after the approval of the prime minister, has withdrawn the notification for the appointment of Tahir Javed as Special Assistant.

Soon after his appointment, it was reported that Pakistani-American businessman Muhammad Tahir Javed had been given the same perks and privileges as the minister of state despite the fact that he had donated money to and campaigned for Imran Khan and the PTI in the United States while he was prime minister.

Tahir Javed describes himself as a Pakistani-American entrepreneur, investor, business magnate, and philanthropist on his social media profiles. He had campaigned for Imran Khan and the PTI while the party was in power, but he became a fierce critic of Imran Khan in recent months, calling him a failure as PM whose only claim to fame is his celebrity status as a cricketer.