ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) leader Aleem Khan on Friday submitted his resignation from his post of Minister for Food in the Punjab government after approval from Prime Minister Imran Khan
Taking to Twitter, Aleem said he had a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan during which he persuaded the latter to accept the resignation as his new private responsibility warranted him to ensure “neutrality”.
“In order to maintain neutrality, it is important for me to not hold any government post,” Aleem wrote, adding that he was grateful to the premier for accepting his request. The PTI leader said he was now sending his resignation to the Punjab chief minister.
میں اُن کا ممنون ھوں اُنہوں نے میری یہ گزارش تسلیم فرما لی ھے۔ میں اپنا استعفی وزیراعلی پنجاب کو بھجوا رہا ھوں 2/2
— Abdul Aleem Khan (@aleemkhan_pti) November 26, 2021
According to a BBC report, the shares of Samaa TV were shifted in September to Park View Limited, a real estate company owned by Aleem Khan and his daughter.
The move had come after the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) approved the transfer of shares and changes in the management of Samaa TV.
The PTI leader was assigned the portfolio of food ministry and designated as Senior Minister of Punjab in April last year. A notification stated that Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar had given the food ministry to the re-inducted cabinet member who had taken oath at the Governor House.
