Asim Saleem Bajwa HI(M) TBt (Urdu, Punjabi: عاصم سلیم باجوہ) is a retired Pakistani three-star general who served as the chairman of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority from November 2019 to August 2021 and the special assistant to then Prime Minister Imran Khan on the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from 28 April 2020 to 12 October 2020.
During his military career, he served on multiple instructional and command-level posts, such as leading an anti-tank battalion, the 111th Infantry Brigade and an infantry division[4] in erstwhile Tribal Areas where he played a key role in stabilization efforts during various operations.
In November 2019, after his retirement from the army, Bajwa was appointed as the chairman of the newly created CPEC Authority.
[12] Establishment Division notified Bajwa as chairman of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Authority for a tenure of four years.
[13] In April 2020, Bajwa was appointed as Special Advisor to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Information and Broadcasting.
[14][15] Later in an interview on 3 September 2020, Bajwa announced his resignation from his post as Special Advisor to the PM for Information and Broadcasting.
[23] In 2020, writing for FactFocus, Pakistani journalist Ahmad Noorani said that Bajwa and his family have established what he calls a "business empire" worth tens of millions of dollars, with 99 companies in four countries under the name of Bajco Group, beginning in 2002, when Asim's younger brothers opened a Papa John's pizza restaurant when Asim became a lieutenant colonel in military dictator Pervez Musharraf's staff.