Nadeem Chan says won't quit PTI.

ISLAMABAD -- A day after Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Nadeem Afzal Chan resigned from his office on Wednesday, some of his colleagues made abortive attempts to bring him back again to the federal cabinet. But Mr Chan refused, saying he is sticking to his decision.

Inside sources in the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) told Dawn that some cabinet members, including federal Minister for Maritimes Affairs Ali Zaidi and Special Assistant to the PM on Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Abbas Bukhari, tried to convince Mr Chan to review his decision and withdraw his resignation. Many attempts were made to contact both Mr Zaidi and Mr Bukhari, but they were not available for comments.

However, Mr Chan told some of his close friends that he would stick to his decision. But, he added, he would not leave the PTI.

According to the sources in PM Office, Prime Minister Imran Khan has received Mr Chan's resignation, but the premier has so far not taken any decision on it.

Meanwhile, Mr Chan has surrendered his government privileges, including his official car.

Mr Chan gave his resignation on Thursday, four days after his 'meaningful' tweet on brutal killings of 10 Hazara coal miners in Mach, Balochistan.

Mr Chan's resignation came a day after PM Khan expressed annoyance in the federal cabinet meeting that some of the cabinet members opposed the government's decisions and warned them to accept unanimous decisions or resign.

The prime minister was of the view that after thorough discussion in the meeting and reaching consensus on different issues, there was no logic to oppose such decisions in media.

Soon after the prime minister's controversial remarks of 'blackmailing him' (by Hazaras) Mr Chan's tweet came last Saturday expressing solidarity with bereaved families of slain coal miners saying: 'O the bodies of the helpless, innocent labourers, I am ashamed.'

It has been learnt that the prime minister in the cabinet meeting, without naming any of the...

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