Sherry Rehman resigns from Federal Cabinet

Sources say that PM Gilani has not yet accepted Sherry Rehman’s resignation from the Federal Cabinet.
ISLAMABAD: Sherry Rehman has resigned from her position as the Federal Information Minister; apparently as result of differences with the rest of her camp, arising from the handling of sections of the news media, sources claim.

Sources say that Federal Information Minister Sherry Rehman has tendered her resignation from the federal cabinet of the PPP led government but sources added that the Prime Minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, has not yet accepted her resignation.

It is important to remember here that the information minster, after the November 2007 clampdown on media, had vowed in many of her TV interviews that she would resign from any ministry if the media was ever mishandled by a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) led government.

The minster was reminded of her promises today after an apparent clampdown on sections of the media, significantly the GEO news channel. The minster would certainly have kept her promise if her resignation goes through.