ISLAMABAD: Two days after stepping down as finance minister, Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf (PTI) leader Asad Umar took to Twitter to express gratitude to the people who showed support following his decision to quit Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet.
“[I] want to thank the many many people who expressed support over the last 2 days. It is the millions of selfless, ideological, passionate supporters who are guardians of ideology of the tehreek,” he tweeted.
“It’s your passion from which Imran Khan & his team draw energy. May Allah bless you all”
want to thank the many many people who expressed support over the last 2 days. It is the millions of selfless, ideological, passionate supporters who are guardians of ideology of the tehreek. It’s your passion from which Imran Khan & his team draw energy. May Allah bless you all
— Asad Umar (@Asad_Umar) April 20, 2019
Asad Umar stepped down in a cabinet shuffle on Thursday. The government named Abdul Hafeez Sheikh, a former World Bank official who served as finance minister from 2010-2013, as adviser on finance, replacing Umar.
Umar, one of Khan’s most powerful ministers, had been entrusted with the task of negotiating the long-delayed bailout with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the country’s cash-strapped economy faces a balance-of-payments crisis.
“As part of a cabinet reshuffle, PM desired that I take the energy minister portfolio instead of finance,” Asad Umar had tweeted.
 leader Asad Umar took to Twitter to express gratitude to the people who supported him following his decision to quit Prime Minister Imran Khan’s cabinet.){kind=link}