LAHORE (Web Desk) – Governor Punjab Chaudhry Sarwar resigned from his post in a sudden development after a conversation with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, over his statements regarding the government’s foreign policy.
“I have sent my resignation,” Sarwar said while talking to local media. “I dispatched my resignation to the President House and PM House last night,” he added.
Sources in the PM House told the premier had principally decided to remove Sarwar owing to multiple reasons, but particularly because of recent statement by Sarwar on the government’s failure to secure Obama’s visit to Pakistan.
Sarwar had censured the Foreign Office for US President Barack Obama visiting India and not Pakistan.
He termed it a “failure” on part of the country’s foreign policy. Sarwar was reportedly eyeing the foreign minister’s post. However, according to sources, the prime minister had refused to accept his request. Last year in October, it was reported Sarwar had decided to play a more active role in Pakistani politics from the PML-N platform.
