Shahab quits as PPP south Punjab chief

Published January 18, 2015
Makhdoom Shahabuddin (R).  — Online/file
Makhdoom Shahabuddin (R). — Online/file

LAHORE: PPP South Punjab President Makhdoom Shahabuddin on Saturday resigned from the office on “medical grounds”.

“Mr Shahabuddin has resigned from the office of PPP south Punjab president after he has undergone spinal surgery,” a party leader told Dawn on Saturday.

Read: ANF’s ambush fells Shahabuddin

Mr Shahabuddin had not been active in the party politics since he lost the opportunity to become the prime minister in the previous PPP regime because of some allegations against him in ephedrine case.

Published in Dawn January 18th , 2015

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