ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Ayub Afridi has resigned from the Senate to make way for the election of PM\u2019s Adviser on Finance Shaukat Tarin as a member of the Parliament.<\/p>\n
Chairman Senate Sadiq Sanjrani has accepted Ayub Afridi’s resignation, who has now been inducted as a cabinet member.<\/p>\n
The Senate Secretariat has declared Ayub Afridi’s seat vacant and issued a notification to which the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has also been informed.<\/p>\n
As per the rules, when a seat falls vacant, the ECP is bound to hold elections on it within 30 days.<\/p>\n
According to sources, Ayub Afridi has been appointed as PM\u2019s Adviser on Overseas Pakistanis.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the development, Ayub Afridi said he submitted his resignation to the prime minister earlier but was asked to wait because of the joint meeting.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe prime minister entrusted me with the Senate seat and I returned it happily,” he said.<\/p>\n
Afridi said he would have no objection if the prime minister did not give him any official responsibility.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf given the opportunity by the prime minister I would serve the nation and the country,\u201d Afridi added.<\/p>\n