ISLAMABAD: Senator Farogh Naseem has resigned as the minister of law and justice to fight the case of Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa tomorrow (Wednesday), federal ministers confirmed during a press conference Tuesday.The development followed an emergency meeting of the Cabinet.Railways Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, who was addressing the media here in the federal capital alongside the prime minister's special assistant on accountability, Shahzad Akbar, and Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood, said: "Prime Minister Imran Khan has accepted Naseem's resignation."Ahmed added that he resigned by his own will. "Let me tell you that Farogh Naseem has resigned voluntarily," he said.The former law minister "will present himself before the court tomorrow with the attorney general and represent the government's stance on General Bajwa's extension", he added. "The Cabinet lauds Farogh Naseem's abilities and hard work," Ahmed said, adding that none of the Cabinet members criticised the former law minister.The court's prerequisites have been fulfilled as well, Ahmed noted.Akbar, the PM's special assistant, added that Naseem could, however, rejoin the Cabinet after the case concluded and should the premier approve. He added that the minister stepped down from the post as he could not fight Gen Bajwa's case while holding the law minister's office.Education minister Mahmood mentioned that there was no ambiguity regarding the decision of the Army chief's extension.
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