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Conservative Party Vice Chairman Rehman Chishti Quits Over Brexit Deal, Asia Bibi’s Asylum Case

Two reasons, the draft agreement prepared for leaving the EU as well as the UK’s handling of Asia Bibi’s asylum case have forced him to resign as Conservative Party vice chair, Chishti said (Photo: Rehman Chishti Twitter).

By: Radhakrishna N S

Mounting further pressure on British prime minister Theresa May, Gillingham and Rainham MP, Rehman Chishti has resigned on Thursday (15) as Conservative party junior vice chairman and prime minister’s trade envoy to Pakistan. Two reasons – the draft agreement prepared for leaving the EU as well as the UK’s handling of Asia Bibi’s asylum case – have forced him to resign as Conservative Party vice chair, Chishti said. Now, Chishti is the fifth leading British politician to leave Theresa May’s team after Suella Braverman, work and pensions secretary Esther McVey, Brexit secretary Dominic Raab and Northern Ireland minister Shailesh Vara…

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