The Director General (DG) for the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) sent his resignation to Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani on Wednesday. The government has appointed IG Balochistan Malik Iqbal in his place. In his resignation letter to Gilani, Waseem Ahmed has written that he has resigned as the director general of the Federal Investigation Agency in the larger national interest of the country. The appointment of the DG FIA had recently been mired in controversy as the Supreme Court had instructed the federal government to terminate the contract of the incumbent director-general of the FIA. The government, however, had urged the apex court in response to keep Waseem Ahmed in office keeping in the view the current situation of the country.