MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi met Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and offered to tender his resignation in the wake of a no-confidence motion tabled against him by 25 members of the parliamentary party, his office said in a press release.
“Prime Minister Niazi apprised the chairman of the factual position and also told him that he considered the (AJK’s) rule as a trust by him and he was ready to tender resignation from his office,” according to the press release.
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On Tuesday, in a resolution for a vote of no confidence against Mr Niazi, as many as 25 PTI lawmakers had alleged that the prime minister had lost the confidence of the parliamentary party for his “failure to implement the party manifesto and highlight the Kashmir issue, apart from bad governance, nepotism and violation of merit”.
According to the press release, while Mr Niazi expressed his gratitude to Mr Imran Khan for reposing his trust in him and extending full cooperation over the past eight months, the latter “held the allegations against him as false”.
