Dallas: The pakistani-American business community has expressed grave concerns over the abrupt removal of Tahir Javed from the post of Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM), and urged the caretaker PM Anwar-ul-Haq Karar to withdraw the notification, and retain him in his position as SAPM, in the larger interest of overseas Pakistanis.

There is deep concern in overseas Pakistani business circles over the cancellation of the appointment order of Pakistani American businessman Tahir Javed as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

Pakistani businessmen of Dallas, Texas have strongly condemned this move of the government of Pakistan and demanded that the canceled order of appointment of Tahir Javed be restored.

Pakistani-American industrialists and members of the business community held a joint press conference in Dallas, Texas on the withdrawal of the notification of American-Pakistani businessman Tahir Javed as Minister of State for Investment in the Caretaker Cabinet of the Government of Pakistan.

Well-known Pakistani-American businessman and former chairman of Pakistan-American Business Forum, Hafeez Khan, while addressing the press conference, said that we strongly condemn the decision of Pakistan’s Caretaker Prime Minister to remove Tahir Javed as SAPMhis. Everyone knows that Tahir Javed has been rendering valuable services not only to the Pakistani community but also to Pakistan for a long time in America.

Board of Trustee Pakistan Society of North Texas Abid Malik said in the press conference that what happened to Tahir Javed is not a good omen for overseas Pakistanis.

Board of Trustee Pakistan Society of North Texas Barkat Basria said that Tahir Javed is not only a very hardworking person but he has always supported us in various events.

The General Secretary of the Pakistan Society of North Texas said that Pakistan’s national security agencies should have investigated Tahir Javed before issuing this notification.

Chairman Pakistan-American Business Forum Waqar Khan said that Tahir Javed has done valuable services for Pakistan, which should not have happened to him on the basis of caste and the elements behind it should be punished.

The participants of the press conference said that the notification of the appointment of Tahir Javed was withdrawn just by justifying the baseless propaganda made on social media. In addition, the government also awarded him with a national award.But the notification of his appointment was withdrawn on the basis of mere allegations without any solid reason.

We strongly condemn this and have demanded the Pakistan Army chief to investigate the matter as this action has caused serious concern not only in the Pakistani business circles in the US, but also in the community.

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