Pakistani information minister resigns

Federal Information Minister Firdaus Ashiq Awan Sunday sobbingly announced to resign in a special federal cabinet meeting held this morning here. Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani was presiding over a special federal cabinet meeting held here in connection with the birth anniversary of the founder of the nation Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan''s (Geo News) reported. Following Sherry Rahman and Qamruzzaman Kaira, Firdaus Ashiq Awan is the third information minister who resigned from this slot in the brief stint of PPP government during last four years. Firdaus apparently hurt sobbingly announcing her resignation said that she fully endorse the vision and policy of the President (PPP Co-Chairman) and the prime minister, but in her self-appraisal declared herself to be incapable of the task reposed in her, she offered to resign. (QNA) M A R/LY