{"id":76683,"date":"2020-04-29T16:16:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=76683"},"modified":"2020-04-29T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:31:01","slug":"dr-muhammad-iqbal-rejects-cms-request-to-withdraw-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/2020\/04\/29\/dr-muhammad-iqbal-rejects-cms-request-to-withdraw-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Muhammad Iqbal rejects CM\u2019s request to withdraw resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>GILGIT:<\/strong>\u00a0 Dr. Muhammad Iqbal rejected Chief Minister\u2019s request to withdraw his resignation as Minister Works. \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman, on Tuesday, had asked Dr. Iqbal to continue in his position.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Talking to Pamir Times,\u00a0 Iqbal said he wants <span style=\"text-align: left; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; word-spacing: 0px; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; cursor: text; orphans: 2; float: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: #ffffff;\">to spend the remaining two months as member assembly with dignity. He further <\/span>said the elected representatives are powerless in Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">\u201cBureaucracy sabotaged the press conference of the elected members to show their power,\u201d Dr Iqbal said, adding he had tendered resignation to create awareness about the helplessness of the elected representatives.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Iqbal said the press conference was conducted with the approval of Chief Minister. He, however, denied of having any confrontation with Chief Minister or PML-N.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">I had never desired to become minister, he said: \u201cThe chief minister had randomly given him the portfolio of minister works&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Dr. Iqbal said the reason behind continuing the assembly membership was to use the assembly platform to highlight the discrimination and political marginalization.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">I have already returned the official car to the government, he added.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">I have not yet decided about contesting the next election, Iqbal said adding that the upcoming election could be delayed for over six months due to the Coronavirus pandemic.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Minister Works had tendered resignation on April 16 after developing differences with bureaucracy over relaxation of lockdown in Gilgit-Baltistan.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GILGIT:\u00a0 Dr. Muhammad Iqbal rejected Chief Minister\u2019s request to withdraw his resignation as Minister Works. \u00a0 Chief Minister Hafiz Hafeezur Rehman, on Tuesday, had asked Dr. Iqbal to continue in his position. Talking to Pamir Times,\u00a0 Iqbal said he wants to spend the remaining two months as member assembly with dignity. 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