ISLAMABAD: The resignation of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Sherry Rehman from the office of Federal Minister for Information and Broadcast has been accepted. According to private TV, Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs Qamar Zaman Kaira has been given an additional charge of Ministry of Information and Broadcast, the channel said.

The decision to accept Sherry’s resignation was decided at a meeting between Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and President Asif Ali Zardari held here Saturday. However, a spokesman of PM House told that channel that the resignation of Ms Rehman has not been accepted and PM Gilani has asked her to continue her services as Minister for Information and Broadcast till further orders.

It is pertinent to mention here that Sherry Rehman formally tendered her resignation in her meeting with PM held early today in protest of blockade of some news channels by the government that is widely being termed as crackdown against the media.-SANA

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