Pakistani Minister for Narcotics Control Nawabzada Khawaja Mohammad Khan Hoti announced on Sunday to quit the cabinet, Xinhua reported.
The official APP news agency reported that Hoti made the decision in protest over the Awami National Party (ANP) leadership 's neglecting him in decision making process.
Addressing a press conference, Hoti also said that the decision of resignation was made in protest over poor law and order situation and rampant corruption in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
Hoti complained about the ruling ANP's indifference towards him and demanded the NWFP chief minister to resign. He also complained that the problems of his constituency were not being taken into consideration, adding that even the provincial government did not take him into confidence in any matter of the province.