Reuters - Pakistani Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has been removed from
office over a newspaper leak that sparked a rift between the army and the
government earlier
this month, the prime minister's office said on Saturday.
Two sources from the Information Ministry told Reuters that Rashid had
stepped down from his post until an inquiry confirms whether he was the source
for a newspaper article detailing the discussion in a top-level national
security meeting.
"Evidence available so far points to a lapse on part of the
Information Minister, who has been directed to step down from office to enable
holding of an independent and detailed inquiry," a statement by the prime
minister's office said.
(Reporting by Sheree Sardar and Asad Hashim; writing by Drazen Jorgic;
editing by Mark Heinrich)
Reuters
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