Times of Islamabad

Finance Minister Miftah Ismail resigns paving way for Ishaq Dar to take over ministry

Finance Minister Miftah Ismail resigns paving way for Ishaq Dar to take over ministry

*LONDON: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has resigned from his ministry andhanded over his resignation to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremoNawaz Sharif in London, ARY NEWS reported. *

The finance minister submitted his resignation during a top PML-N huddleheaded by Nawaz Sharif and attended by PM Shehbaz Sharif, Ishaq Dar, AhadCheema and others.

“You have trusted me with his job and I tried to serve with my fullcapacity to serve the nation,” Miftah Ismail was quoted as saying duringthe meeting.

Nawaz Sharif lauded his efforts for taking responsibility in the toughestof the times as the meeting agreed that the incumbent government had tobear the brunt of economic turmoil created by the previous ruler.