Hashim Dogar resigns as Punjab home minister

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Col (retd) Hashim Dogar on Tuesday stepped down from the post of Punjab Home Minister, ARY News reported.

Dogar has sent his resignation to Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi for approval.

“It was a great pleasure to have served as Minister for Home and Prison Department under your able command,” he stated in the tendered resignation to Punjab Chief Minister Elahi.

“I feel regretted to inform you that I shall not be able to continue as Minister for Punjab Home and Prison Department due to personal commitments and some health issues,” he further wrote in a letter to the chief minister.

آج میں نے زاتی وجوہات کی بنا پہ اپنے عہدے سے استعفی دیا ہے۔ انشاللہ آگے بھی پی ٹی آی کے ادنی کارکن کے طور پہ کام کرتا رہوں گا pic.twitter.com/hQzZDUf5Da

— Col (R) Muhammad Hashim| Home Minister Punjab. (@ColhashimDogar) October 11, 2022

PTI’s long march

It is worth mentioning here that Dogar’s resignation comes at a time when former ruling party [PTI] is planning long march towards federal capital in this ongoing month.

While addressing a workers’ convention in Rawalpindi yesterday, former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan said that he had completed the planning for the next long march, however, he did not tell his team regarding the plan.

Imran Khan said, “I haven’t told long march’s plan to my team. We know what they [rulers] are going to do but they are completely unaware of our plan.”