TLTP
ISLAMABAD
Making way for the election of PM’s Adviser on Finance Shaukat Tarin as a senator, Ayub Afridi of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has resigned from the Senate. Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani accepted Afridi’s resignation. The Senate Secretariat has declared Ayub Afridi’s seat vacant and issued a notification to which the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has also been informed. As per the rules, when a seat falls vacant, the ECP is bound to hold elections on it within 30 days.
Commenting on the development, Ayub Afridi said he submitted his resignation to the prime minister earlier but was asked to wait because of the joint meeting. “The prime minister entrusted me with the Senate seat and I returned it happily,” he said.
Afridi said he would have no objection if the prime minister did not give him any official responsibility. “If given the opportunity by the prime minister I would serve the nation and the country,” Afridi added.
After failing to get Shaukat Tarin elected as a member of the Parliament within the stipulated six-month time frame, the government had appointed him as an adviser to the prime minister on finance and revenues with the status of federal minister on October 17.
