IT Minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui resigns from Federal Cabinet

IT Minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui. Photo: Geo News screengrab 

Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui on Sunday announced his resignation from the Federal Cabinet. 

Addressing a press conference in Karachi along with senior Muttahida Quami Movement- Pakistan (MQM-P) party leaders in Karachi, Siddiqui said "the MQM-P is passing through a new phase. It is useless to be in the cabinet."

"We did not propose Farogh Naseem's name for the ministry neither we asked for the law ministry." 

More to follow.