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Pakistani Information Minister's resignation denied
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-03-14 21:32

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani has refused to accept the resignation of Information Minister Sherry Rehman, private TV channel DAWN NEWS reported on Saturday.

Sherry Rehman tendered her resignation after she failed to convince President Asif Ali Zardari to lift the ban on a private TV channel transmission on Friday, local newspaper The News reported on Saturday.

Sherry met Zardari and appealed to him to lift the ban on Geo News TV channel, the transmission of which was blocked in most parts of the country, said the report.

Sherry kept requesting him to remove the ban, which she said would bring a bad name to the Pakistan People's Party government but Zardari did not take the advice, according to The News.