PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights Sultan Mohammad Khan on Tuesday sent his resignation to Chief Minister Mahmood Khan after he was asked to resign in the wake of a video that went viral on social media showing him and other lawmakers allegedly receiving cash for switching loyalties before the Senate elections in March 2018.
Mr Sultan has held the portfolio of law, parliamentary affairs and human rights for two and a half years after winning the July 2018 general elections on a Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) ticket. He had quit Qaumi Watan Party (QWP) in 2017.
In a handwritten resignation letter to the chief minister, the minister stated: “Due to a video that is being circulated on the media today in which my name has also cropped up and being mentioned … I feel it is my moral duty and obligation to withdraw from the cabinet and offer my resignation.”