Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Secretary General Salman Akram Raja has decided to resign from the party post.

According to Express News, Salman Akram Raja announced his resignation from the party post in a statement and said that he will meet the founder of PTI and request him to withdraw his post.

He clarified that he is leaving the post of PTI Secretary General, but will continue his services as a lawyer and court without compensation.

In his message on the social networking site, Salman Akram Raja said that he is grateful for the chairman’s trust. I have fought for democracy, the constitution and the rule of law throughout my life, always raised my voice against oppression of women and minorities, and fought for the rights of workers and pensioners.

He said that I fought legally against the Air Marshal Asghar Khan case and the NRO, won cases against Terian, Iddat, Cipher and military courts, and winning the case of reserved seats is also a great success.

Salman Akram Raja said that I have been implicated in twenty false terrorism cases, I am not afraid of jail, I will continue my struggle, I am neither a landlord nor a traditional politician, my small family stands with me.

He said that I have endured all kinds of attacks inside and outside the party and have stood firm, I will continue to stand with the founder PTI in the future and will continue my legal services without compensation.