ISLAMABAD: Senior leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz Ayaz Sadiq and Khawaja Salman Rafique have tendered resignations from their ministries.
Khawaja Salman Rafique stepped down from the provincial ministry. He sent his resignation to the Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shahbaz which was approved.
Moreover, a PML-N Member of the National Assembly (MNA) Ayaz Sadiq has also resigned from the ministry as the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs.
PML-N Deputy Secretary-General Attaullah Tarar said in a statement Sadiq and Salman Rafique submitted their resignations due to upcoming by-polls on the vacant seats of the Punjab Assembly.
Rafique said in a Twitter message that PML-N is united and rumours should not be believed as truth. “Ayaz Sadiq and I have tendered the resignations from our ministries to take part in the election campaigns [ahead of Punjab by-polls].”
He added that PML-N will not violate the code and conduct announced by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).
