ISLAMABAD: Nine federal cabinet members of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Tuesday submitted their resignations to the prime minister. PML-N ministers Khwaja Saad Rafique, Ishaq Dar, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Tehmina Daulatana, Khwaja Asif, Chaudhry Nisar, Ahsan Iqbal and Sardar Mehtab Khan reached Prime Minister House here and tendered their written resignations to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani. Muslim League-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif on Monday announced that his party has decided to quit the federal cabinet after failure of talks for restoration of the deposed judges.

Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani has refused to accept the resignations tendered by federal ministers of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). The prime minister after receiving the resignations of the PML-N ministers on Tuesday said that the decision on the matter will be made after return of Asif Ali Zardari to home. “The government needs your advice and guidance,” Gilani told PML-N ministers. Earlier, nine PML-N ministers Khwaja Saad Rafique, Ishaq Dar, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Rana Tanveer Hussain, Tehmina Daulatana, Khwaja Asif, Chaudhry Nisar, Ahsan Iqbal and Sardar Mehtab Khan reached Prime Minister House and submitted their written resignations to the prime minister.