Former senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Asad Umar on Saturday bade farewell to politics.
Taking to X, formerly Twitter, the former finance minister also announced his resignation from the basic membership of the PTI.
“After more than one decade in public life, I have decided to completely quit politics,” said Umar who also served as secretary general of PTI.
“As I had already stated publicly that I disagree with the policy of confrontation with state institutions, and such a policy has led to a serious collision with state institutions,” he said and added that the confrontation was not in the interest of the country.