Azad Kashmir government's future hangs in balance

28 Feb, 2004

The Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) government's future is in balance as another minister and two parliamentary secretaries tendered their resignation to the supreme head of ruling party on Friday.
Minister for Transport and Zakat Hafiz Hamid Raza handed over his resignation to Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan, supreme head of Muslim Conference at his residence in Rawalpindi, which has become an epicenter of tremors against two-and-half-year old government of Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan.
Parliamentary Secretary of Forest Mir Ali Akbar and Parliamentary Secretary of Social Welfare Amir Ghaffar Lone also tendered their resignations to ruling party supreme head mounting pressure on premier to step down.
The resignation of Finance Minister Shah Ghulam Qadir on Thursday has step up resignation campaign against Prime Minister Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan.

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