Former premier and senior Pakistan Mulsim League-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday confirmed that he has resigned as party senior vice president because of Maryam Nawaz.
Party supremo Nawaz Sharif’s daughter Maryam was promoted to the position of party’s senior vice president in January — a position she would have shared together with Abbasi upon her return to Pakistan after three months’ absence.
However, the senior politician tendered his resignation from the post, although he remains a member of the party.
Speaking to journalists outside the parliament, Abbasi said that he has resigned as senior VP of the party because “Maryam has become a senior leader,” adding that “she needs space”.
“If I would have been there then differences could have emerged,” he explained.
