Tag: Resigns

Security manager resigns after dump

LAHORE - A PCB official has confirmed that Major Khawaja Najam had tendered his resignation as security manager of the Pakistan team, which was accepted by the chairman of the board with immediate effect.
Najam was brought in as security manager of the team earlier this year and accompanied the team on all tours since the T20 World Cup in the West Indies. "Due to the recent spate of controversies about involvement of players in spot-fixing and the Zulqarnain Haider episode, the

LTC chairman resigns after telling-off by CM

LAHORE: Feeling frustrated and insulted after a telling-off by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Lahore Transport Company (LTC) Chairman Tasneem Noorani resigned on Saturday.
According to sources, Shahbaz irked Noorani by terming his performance below standards forcing the former top bureaucrat to resign from his post. According to a CM's Secretariat official, another reason behind the incident was Shahbaz's desire to appoint Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader

Punjab Muttahida Ulema Board chairman resigns

LAHORE: Member of National Assembly and Sunni Ittehad Council Chairman Haji Fazl-e-Karim tendered his resignation as the chairman of the Punjab Muttahida Ulema Board on Friday.
Fazal, who was chief of the Markazi Jamiat-e-Ulema Pakistan, was elected from Faisalabad on a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz ticket in the February 2008 elections.
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif appointed him as the Muttahida Ulema Board chairman and the government also allotted him an office at

TIP chairman’s son resigns from PNSC board membership

KARACHI: Fear of being caught red-handed led Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) Chairman Syed Adil Gilani's son Sohrab Adil Gilani to resign from his position as a board member of the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation (PNSC).
Sohrab, initially an assistant manager at the Karachi International Containters Terminal, replaced Rasheed Chinoy earlier this year.
Sources told Pakistan Today that the TIP chairman had blackmailed the Ports and Shipping Secretary Saleem

Lashkari resigns as PPP Balochistan president

QUETTA: PPP Balochistan President Senator Lashkari Raisani on Monday again resigned from his party office in protest against a party's ministers' attitude towards workers, and the federal government's lack of interest in resolving Balochistan's problems.
Despite numerous attempts, Raisani could not be contacted for comments.He had earlier resigned from the same position as well as from the membership of the Senate, but was later convinced by party seniors and workers to withdraw

NA sports body chief resigns

ISLAMABAD: Criticising the federal government for making parliamentary committees redundant, chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Sports, Iqbal Muhammad Ali, resigned from the chairmanship of the body on Saturday.
Ali said he had submitted the resignation to the National Assembly Secretariat. Following reports of the involvement of some Pakistani players in match-fixing and subsequent agnominal defeats, the body had recommended the removal of Ijaz Butt,

Justice Qazilbash resigns

ISLAMABAD: Former Supreme Court judge Justice (retd) Ali Hussain Qazilbash, who was nominated member of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan, resigned on Tuesday citing poor health.
In his letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan and Judicial Commission Chairman Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Justice Qazilbash conveyed deep gratitude to the CJ for conferring on him the privilege to be nominated to serve a national cause by being involved in the process of nominating judges of the