PML-N leader and Punjab Minister for Industries Dost Muhammad Khosa. – File Photo

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Punjab Minister for Industries Dost Muhammad Khosa on Wednesday tendered his resignation over Sapna kidnap scandal, official sources said.

Khosa sent his resignation to Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif who accepted it and moved the summary to the governor Punjab.

It is pertinent to mention here that complying with the Lahore High Court orders, Lahore Police had registered a case last week against Khosa for kidnapping his ex-wife Sapna.

Sapna's father alleged that his daughter was kidnapped by the minister, adding that she might have been murdered.

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