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Nasser Khan Janjua resigns as National Security Adviser

June 27, 2018

ISLAMABAD, June 27 (INP): National Security Adviser (NSA) retired Lt General Nasser Khan Janjua on Wednesday tendered resignation from his post. He was appointed as a NSA by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government and served since October 23, 2015. Caretaker prime minister Nasirul Mulk has accepted Janjua's resignation, according to the National Security Division. [timed-content-server show="06/28/2018 01:00 Asia/Karachi"]Janjua served as the Quetta corps commander and National Defence University president before retiring from the army. On June 22, the caretaker premier had removed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Marvi Memon as the chairperson of Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP). According to sources, the interim government took the decision over criticism from different political quarters for not replacing a PML-N nominee. The same day, the federal cabinet accepted the resignation of Bait-ul-Mal Managing Director Barrister Abid Waheed Sheikh, also a PML-N nominee. The cabinet, in the meeting chaired by PM Mulk, approved to give the additional charge of Pakistan Bait-ul-Mal to additional secretary Cabinet Division INP/LK/AJ[/timed-content-server]