PPP leader withdraws resignation after meeting Zardari

NOWSHERA: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader and former provincial minister Liaqat Shabab on Wednesday retracted his resignation as the party office-bearer. The sources said he took back his resignation after holding a meeting with the PPP President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad.

Asif Ali Zardari had convened a meeting of the PPP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter leaders in Islamabad. PPP provincial president Humayun Khan, general secretary Faisal Karim Kundi and PPP Peshawar division president Liaqat Shabab were invited to the meeting to discuss the situation.

Zardari's political secretary Rukhsana Bangash and former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa PPP president Sardar Ali Khan were also present in the meeting. The sources said that Asif Zardari issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) to the party provincial organization. It was directed to take the office-bearers of the relevant districts and divisions into confidence before holding any event there in future. PPP provincial president Humayun Khan also convened a meeting of the district Nowshera office-bearers of the party to address their reservations.