The Istehkam-i-Pakistan Party has decided that its leaders Awn Chaudhry and Nauman Ahmad Langrial will continue to serve in the federal cabinet, a party spokesperson said on Saturday. Party spokesperson Firdous Ashiq Awan said in a tweet that it has been decided under the leadership of party chairman Jahangir Tareen that both the leaders will “remain a part of the federal cabinet till the end of the government’s tenure […] to get the country out of difficulties and to keep it united and stable”.
Chaudhry and Langrial have been serving as adviser to the prime minister on sports and tourism and as special assistant to the prime minister, respectively.
She recalled IPP President Aleem Khan’s previous directions to both cabinet members to resign from their positions as the “IPP has no affiliation with the PDM government”.
Noting that although Chaudhry and Langrial had tendered their resignations to the IPP chairman, Awan said it was decided through mutual consultations that they both would not do so considering the recently-secured pact with the International Monetary Fund and the country’s economic and political situation.
