LAHORE Evacuee Trust Property Board Chairman Syed Asif Hashmi has resigned from his office due to alleged involvement of Federal Secretary ETPB and a Minister in his official matters. Hashmi said that above said people were involved in provoking different people in his office including union office-bearers to malign his personality by holding Press conference or propagating baseless propaganda. He said: I have sent my resignation to Prime Minister House and now ball is in the court of Prime Minister whether he accepts or reject the same. He said that certain quarters were also active in defaming my department who reopened the inquiries and cases which were investigated several times. The schemes which were promised by Prime Minister for poor people were delayed and hindrances were created in this regard. He said that staff of the ETPB protested against his resignation and they even did not allow him to get out of the office for long time. Hashmi was of the view that he always granted things to people and never got any benefit from his department.