ISLAMABAD: President Arif Alvi has accepted the resignation of Imran Ismail from the office of Governor Sindh.
“In terms of Article 101 (4) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, the President has been pleased to accept the resignation tendered by Mr Imran Ismail from the office of Governor of the Province of Sindh, with effect from 17 April 2022,” the notification issued by Cabinet Secretariat said.
Speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durani has been directed to perform the functions of the governor of Sindh till the appointment of a new governor.
The office fell vacant on April 12, when Ismail tendered his resignation, as Shehbaz Sharif took oath as prime minister. Ismail had said he refuses to work for “culprits” who are the subject of an ongoing federal investigation on account of serious charges of corruption and financial misconduct of billions of rupees.
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In his resignation letter, Ismail said he is stepping down after “abject failure of state institutions to take due notice of the facts and documentary evidences of the letter gate scandal and the foreign sponsored conspiracy to remove Mr Imran Khan” and “installing instead a person facing serious charge of corruption.”
“I write to inform you that my conscience does not permit me to accord protocol to such a person in my capacity as the Governor of the Great province of Sindh, which was the first to adoopt the Pakistan Resolution.”
Imran Ismail added that “holding this office any further shall be a violation of my self respect and of the sacred trust reposed in me by my leader.” Therefore, he announced to tender is resignation with immediate effect.
