Aitchison College’s Board of Governors has convinced its disgruntled principal to withdraw his resignation, sources said on Thursday.

According to the the sources, the board held a meeting to discuss the issue with Michael A Thomson personally in attendance.

Representatives of the government tried to convince the principal to withdraw his resignation, and have expressed the belief that they have succeeded.

A majority of the board’s members have also opposed the policy of fee waivers.

However, some members said that granting waivers should be upto the governor who is the president of the board.

Thomson had announced his resignation in a letter to the college’s staff a few days ago, citing nepotism and political interference.

It had later emerged that the issue had begun with a request by Federal Minister Ahad Cheema to waive his sons’ fees.