PESHAWAR: Jamaat-i-Islami ministers have not yet tendered their resignations despite publicly announcing last week that the party was parting ways with the coalition government in the province.

Official sources said that three ministers of JI in the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf-led coalition government continued to hold their offices and did not formally resign. They said that the government would de-notify them as ministers after resignations.

“They (ministers) have publicly announced leaving the coalition government, but did not tender their resignations,” said one senior official, adding that technically they were still holding their berths in the cabinet.

He said that the Jamaat ministers had yet to surrender permissible facilities, including vehicles to the government. The JI had announced leaving coalition government in the presence of Chief Minister Pervez Khattak on Thursday last.

When approached for comments, spokesman for JI Jamaat Ali Shah said that all ministers of the party had resigned and they were no more part of the government.

Senior minister Inayatullah Khan holds portfolio of local government, Muzaffar Said finance minister and Habibullah Khan that of Zakat and religious affairs. Under the Constitution, the provincial ministers would send their resignations to chief minister and he (CM) would submit the same to the governor.

Published in Dawn, May 9th, 2018