ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance, Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar has resigned as Convener of the Transition/Management Committee of Sheikh Zayed Hospital.

In a letter addressed to the Chief Minister Punjab, Shahbaz Sharif, the finance minister said that due to heavy workload in the federal government, he was unable to discharge his duties.

In a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance here Thursday, Senator Dar has also requested for reconstitution of the board of trustees of the Sheikh Zayed Ben Sultan Al-Nahyan Trust after obtaining the approval of the President of Pakistan.

Ishaq Dar also proposed a meeting of the Transition Committee preferably to be chaired by Khawaja Saad Rafiq to meet resent observation of the Supreme Court.

Source: APP