KARARCHI: Former finance minister Miftah Ismail has tendered his resignation from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N).
Ismail also resigned as PML-N Secretary-General Sindh and announced his exit from active politics. Miftah Ismail has sent his resignation letter to PML-N Secretary General Ahsan Iqbal and announced stepping down as secretary general of party’s Sindh chapter and other positions.
He wrote “given the upcoming reorganisation of the party structure, I think it’s time for me to make official what is already true and move on”, “I therefore tender my resignation as General Secretary of PML-N Sindh and also resign from all party committees.”
He thanked the party leadership for entrusting him with responsibilities in the party and the government. “Mian Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif have been most kind and considerate with me over the years. I shall always be grateful to them for their support and trust.”
He added that senior PML-N leaders such as Ahsan Iqbal, Khawaja Asif, Ayaz Sadiq, Pervaiz Rasheed, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and others had been kind to him over the years.
“I cannot thank all of you enough for your leadership and friendship,” the letter stated. “Although I won’t be active in electoral politics anymore, I share with you a keen desire to see a socially just, economically stable and well-governed Pakistan.”
Ismail became finance minister for the first time in 2018 and presented the budget for 2018-19. He became the finance minister for the second in 2022 but was removed after a fallout with Ishaq Dar.
