National Security Adviser Nasser Janjua resigns due to differences with caretakers

National Security Adviser retired Lt Gen Nasser Janjua resigned from the post on Wednesday. Janjua’s resignation was accepted by Caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk, sources said.

According to sources, the interim government took the decision over criticism from different political quarters for not replacing a PML-N nominee who succeeded artaj Aziz on Oct 23, 2015.
The same day, the federal cabinet accepted the resignation of Bait-ul-Mal Managing Director Barrister Abid Waheed Sheikh, also a PML-N nominee.
However, reports also had it Janjua had developed differences with the caretaker government hence he tendered resignation in protest.