JK minister persuades Chief Engineer to resume duty

The Chief Engineer of PHE Department, who had submitted his resignation letter after allegedly being abused by a Jammu and Kashmir minister, was today persuaded into joining the service by state minister Nazir Ahmad Gurezi.
"Yes, the Chief Engineer concerned has taken back his resignation and resumed duties," an official of the Public Health Engineering Department said.
Chief Engineer Muzaffar Lankar had yesterday put in his papers after alleging that CAPD Minister Chaudhary Mohammad Ramzan abused him in a meeting.
The minister, however, denied the allegations saying he only asked about the failure of a water supply scheme in his constituency.

The issue snowballed into a controversy with opposition political parties condemning the incident.