Miftah Ismail resigns from all PML-N positions. After months of resentment over his dismissal and the subsequent appointment of Ishaq Dar as the finance minister in September of last year.
Miftah Ismail has decided to resign from his position as Sindh general secretary of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and all other party positions.
In a letter to Ahsan Iqbal, the PML-N secretary general and minister of planning, the former finance czar announced his resignation from the party office. A copy of the letter is available with Geo TV.
Ismail has been criticizing the current political system ever since he gave up the finance ministry portfolio, with much of it directed at his successor for failing to lead the nation out of the economic crises.
Ismail publicly criticized Dar, but Shehbaz Sharif, the party’s leader and the prime minister, said there is no place for people to criticize the finance minister. The PML-N was not pleased with Ismail’s attitude.
Ismail stated in his letter from last Saturday that. It was time for him to “make official what is already true and move on” in light of the upcoming reorganization of the party structure.
Miftah, who has twice been the finance minister, stated: “I, therefore, tender my resignation as General Secretary of PMLN Sindh and also resign from all party committees.”
Ismail expressed his gratitude to the party’s leadership for giving him duties both inside and outside the party and the government.
“The party’s Quaid Mian Nawaz Sharif and President Mian Shehbaz Sharif have always treated me with the utmost kindness and consideration. They have my undying gratitude for their confidence and support.
Ismail also emphasized his gratitude for the “very kind” treatment he had received from senior leaders Iqbal, Khawaja Asif, Ayaz Sadiq, Pervaiz Rasheed, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, and many others.
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The former finance czar said he couldn’t express his gratitude to them enough for their friendship and leadership.
“Although I won’t participate in electoral politics any longer. I share your strong desire to see a Pakistan that is socially just, economically stable, and well-run.”