QuettaPPP Balochistan president Mir Sadiq Umrani has resigned from party’s president-ship due to some grievances against the leadership.Talking to media on Tuesday, Umrani said he has tendered his resignation to party chairman Bilawal Zardari. He alleged some party members had interfered in ...

ISLAMABAD Protesting against the dynastic political practices, President PML-Q Women Wing, Mrs Farrukh Khan, has ended her 12-year association with the party by tendering resignation from the party’s office and basic membership.A source in Q-League told APP that Farrukh Khan, who had kept the ...

WASHINGTON - Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Sherry Rehman has resigned from her post following the defeat of Pakistan People’s Party in general elections, an embassy spokesman said Monday night. Ms Rehman, a former journalist and parliamentarian, was appointed as ambassador ...

Makhdoom Ahmed Mahmood on Monday resigned as Governor of Punjab province.Talking to media persons here, the Punjab governor said he moved his resignation to President Asif Ali Zardari and he hoped the president would accept it.“I have forwarded my resignation to President Asif Ali Zardari. I ...

LAHORE - The Pakistan People’s Party Senator Jehangir Badr has resigned as Leader of the House in the Senate amid reports that he was forced to quit the office by party leadership. He submitted his resignation in the Senate Secretariat on Monday. Talking to the media, Senator Jehangir Badr ...

CAIRO : Egypt's Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki resigned on Sunday ahead of a cabinet reshuffle in which he was expected to be replaced, state media reported.President Mohamed Morsi had said on Saturday he would order the reshuffle "soon," after months of pressure by opposition groups that demand an ...

PESHAWAR - The National Youth Assembly Fata chapter has resigned in protest for not having been given representation to youth from tribal areas in the assembly. Speaking at a news conference here on Sunday, Youth Governor Fata, Mehreen Afridi announced that National Youth Assembly has denied giving ...

Governor Punjab Sardar Latif Khosa presented his resignation letter to President Asif Ali Zardari during a visit in Karachi on Saturday.Latif Khosa has submitted his resignation to the President which is accepted by the President.The Federal Law Minister Farooq H. Naik was also present on the ...

DAMASCUS - Syria’s deputy oil minister resigned Thursday to join an anti-regime revolt, as UN-Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan urged a path of diplomacy rather than militarisation to end the crisis in Syria.On the ground, another four civilians were killed in violence across Syria ...

PESHAWAR – A PPP lawmaker in Khyber Pk Assembly, Dr Faiza Rasheed, resigned from the legislature on Tuesday in protest against the government’s failure to take action against a gynaecologist in District Haripur and not allowing her to discuss the issue on floor of the house.Dr Faiza ...

BERLIN – Germany’s president resigned Friday after a string of scandals, handing Chancellor Angela Merkel a political headache at home as she battles to lead Europe from its debt crisis.“I am ... today stepping down from the office of federal president to free up the way quickly ...

Jerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo!, has resigned from its board. Mr Yang founded the online company in 1995 with David Filo and was its chief executive from June 2007 until January 2009.His resignation comes two weeks after the company hired former PayPal executive Scott Thomson to be its new ...

LIMA - Peruvian Vice President Omar Chehade, once seen as a close ally of President Ollanta Humala, has resigned over a probe into an alleged influence-peddling scheme. Chehade, one of two Peruvian vice presidents, took the decision “with the goal of not causing prejudice to the good image of ...

LAHORE  - Jamshed Dasti resigned from PPP and National Assembly membership on Wednesday expressing displeasure over giving undue authority to Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar in his constituency.Talking to media, Dasti said the main reason for leaving the party was the appointment of corrupt ...

MIRPUR (AJK) - Superintendent of Police Kotli Irfan Masood Kashfi reportedly resigned from his office on Wednesday allegedly after having been utterly perplexed over the attitude of his high-ups due to their alleged undue pressure regarding the release of some of the arrested accused (political ...

NEW YORK Dominique Strauss-Kahn, claiming he is innocent of sex charges, said he has resigned as the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) head with infinite sadness. His resignation is likely to set off a succession battle to lead the global lender pitting the developing world against the ...

LAHORE University of Health Sciences Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Malik Hussain has resigned from his office owing to allegedly giving favour to his son in getting admission to MBBS. Reportedly, it seemed to be an eyewash to gain some goodwill on account of Maliks part as he will likely resume his ...

ISLAMABAD - Taking another decision after partying ways with government, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) leader Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri resigned from the post of Chief Whip of the government in Upper House. I have resigned from the post of Chief Whip of government in Senate and resignation has been ...

ISLAMABAD - Media Coordinator to Prime Minister Mian Khurram Rasool owing to his personal responsibilities resigned from his post but pledged to continue working for the cause of party and its policies as ordinary worker. He has tendered his resignation to the Prime Minister, who has accepted it, ...

LONDON (AFP) - BPs vilified chief executive Tony Hayward resigned Tuesday as the British oil giant revealed the Gulf of Mexico disaster will cost over 32 billion dollars after causing a record quarterly loss. Hayward, whose PR gaffes handling the oil spill made him a target of US fury, will be ...

LAHORE - The race for the slot of PPP Punjab presidentship is on after the resignation of Rana Aftab, as several party bigwigs are now active to grab the opportunity. The sources in PPP privy to the developments told this correspondent that Naveed Chau-dhry, the coordinator to President Asif Ali ...

JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati quit on Wednesday to take a top job at the World Bank after months spent battling politicians bent on her ouster, leaving investors rattled. The surprise appointment as World Bank managing director was seen as a blow to economic ...

LAHORE (Online) - PML-N Member of Punjab Assembly Mir Badshah Khan Qaisrani has resigned from the seat of Provincial Assembly as he is facing case in the court on the charges of possessing fake BA degree. According to a private TV channel, Mir Qaisrani had been elected as member of Punjab Assembly ...

ABBOTTABAD/ISLAMABAD (Online) Former NWFP Chief Minister Sardar Mehtab Abbasi on Saturday resigned from his National Assembly seat as well as party membership on his differences with party leadership over the issue of renaming NWFP as Pakhtunkhwa. Abbasi has sent his resignation to PML-N Quaid ...

PARIS (AFP) - France Telecoms deputy chief executive Louis-Pierre Wenes, architect of a modernisation drive at the former state monopoly that is blamed for a wave of staff suicides, resigned on Monday. Stephane Richard, an ex-aide to the French finance minister who is to take over as CEO in 2011, ...

TEHRAN (AFP) - A Press Adviser to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has quit to give the Iranian President freer hand in his new cabinet appointments following his June election victory, the ISNA news agency reported on Sunday. The President is examining necessary changes in the cabinet... ethically I see it my ...

SRINAGAR (Reuters/AFP) - The chief minister of Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, resigned on Tuesday after an opposition lawmaker accused him of involvement in a sex scandal. An angry Abdullah denied the allegation but said he couldnt continue in office until the issue was resolved. The scandal, in which ...

NEW YORK - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the Republican Partys vice presidential candidate in 2008, said on Friday she will resign this month unleashing a torrent of speculation about her plans, motivation and the political wisdom of such a seemingly confounding decision. Palin, who held a well ...

ZAGREB (AFP) - Croatias Prime Minister Ivo Sanader resigned and quit politics on Wednesday, only hinting at frustration with his countrys delayed EU membership bid as a reason for the shock announcement. I have decided to withdraw from active politics and will not run as a candidate for Croatian ...

JUST one day after learning that Carrie Prejean will keep her Miss California crown, state pageant director Shanna Moakler resigned. According to a report in US magazine, the co-pageant director and former Miss USA said it was in her best interest to resign. I cannot with a clear conscious move ...