Prime Minister Imran Khan has appointed his close friend Zulfi Bukhari as his special assistant on overseas Pakistanis and human resource development. Being a special assistant, Zulfi will have the status of state minister. A notification in this regard has been issued by the cabinet division. “The prime minister has been pleased to appoint, with effect from [Sept 14, 2018], Sayed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, with the status of minister of state,” the notification read. Prime Minister Imran Khan has Appointed Sayed Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari as His Special Assistant on Overseas Pakistanis & Human Resource Development with the status of Minister of State. #PTI @sayedzbukhari pic.twitter.com/aJQSNgs2J0 — PTI (@PTIofficial) September 18, 2018 Zulfi is a close aid of the prime minister and was given the charge of PTI’s election campaign in NA-53 for the July 25 polls. His name was put on ECL after the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) initiated an inquiry against him on the accusations of owning off-shore companies in the British Virgin Islands and owning assets beyond his known source of income.