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Pakistan finance minister resigns

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Published: 12:14, 26 September 2022  
Pakistan finance minister resigns

Pakistan’s Finance Minister Miftah Ismail is going to resign as the five-month-old government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif continues to battle serious economic challenges.

“I have verbally resigned as finance minister. I will tender a formal resignation upon reaching Pakistan,“ Miftah said in a tweet on Sunday night.

“It’s been an honour to serve twice as finance minister,“ he said.

The 57-year-old businessman previously headed the Finance Ministry briefly in 2018.

Miftah made the announcement after a meeting he and Shehbaz had with former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif in Britain.
PML-N leader Ishaq Dar will be replacing Miftah as the finance minister, while Miftah will also remain part of the government.

On the other hand, Dar will be coming back to Pakistan along with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday night as Nawaz suggested he does not delay his return.

As decided by the two party leaders, Dar will assume charge as the finance minister on Tuesday, September 27

Dhaka/Mukul