Sardar Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi, Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, announced his resignation on Thursday.
Sardar Abdul Qayyum Kha Niazi had fired five of his ministers from the cabinet earlier in the morning.
According to reports, Sardar Abdul Qayyum chose to retire from his position after dismissing the ministers.
Tanveer Ilyas, Abdul Majid Khan, Ali Shan Soni, Khawaja Farooq, and Akbar Ibrahim are among the ministers who have been sacked.
