Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Petroleum Nadeem Babar has been asked to step down from his post on orders from Prime Minister Imran Khan, Federal Minister For Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said on Friday. Adding to Asad’s point, Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood said that Babar and secretary petroleum have been asked to resign so as not to affect the inquiry. “We forwarded our recommendations to the prime minister, after which he asked for some additional information. “This is a message from Prime Minister Imran Khan to the mafia that their time is up,” the planning and development minister maintained. The information minister said that discussions were still underway as to whose portfolio should be replaced with whom and why.

Source: Pakistan Today March 26, 2021 14:26 UTC