MARDAN, April 28: Pakistan People's Party's Provincial president Khwaja Mohammad Khan Hoti has resigned from the party, saying he will decide his future political line after consultations with friends and workers.

Talking to Dawn from Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, Mr Hoti said he had tendered his resignation as it had become increasingly difficult for him to run party's affairs in the province.

Mr Hoti said that he did not see any reason to remain in the PPP as the party's affairs were being run from abroad. He said he had become so powerless that he could not take action against MPAs who had violated party discipline during the Senate election.

Mr Hoti denied he was planning to join either the government or another political party. He said he would decide his future political line in due course. Party sources told Dawn that Mr Hoti had developed differences with PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto soon after the Senate election in the country.

They said Mr Hoti wanted to take disciplinary action against those MPAs who had violated the party instructions during the Senate election, but the PPP chairperson did not allow him to do so.

The sources said that Mr Hoti held two meetings with Ms Bhutto in Dubai during the past few days, and, as the meetings did not go well and failed to produce any positive result, Mr Hoti decided to leave the party.

On Tuesday, party's provincial vice president Umer Farooq Hoti and other local office-bearers along with a large number of workers, had resigned from the party, citing reasons that the party affairs were being run through dictates from abroad.