Islamabad: Fauzia Wahab, the spokesperson for Pakistan's ruling PPP, has resigned from her post, just days after she contended that an American official arrested for gunning down two men in Lahore was entitled to diplomatic immunity.
Wahab, the information secretary of PPP, told the media in Karachi that she had resigned from the post in the wake of her comments that arrested US official Raymond Davis had immunity like other foreign diplomats.
She said her statements were her personal views and did not reflect the policy of the PPP.
Wahab said that she had held the position during a critical phase and would continue to work for the PPP.
She had triggered a controversy when she told a news conference in Karachi on Monday that Davis had a diplomatic visa and could neither be arrested nor kept in custody.
Reports said Wahab would be replaced as the spokesperson by former Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira.
Islamabad's ties with Washington have been strained since Davis was arrested in Lahore on January 27 after shooting and killing two armed men he claimed were trying to rob him.
Pakistan government has turned down several US demands for Davis to be released on grounds of diplomatic immunity.
The PPP also decided not to reallocate the foreign affairs portfolio to Shah Mahmood Qureshi in a recent Cabinet reshuffle after he took the stand that Davis is not entitled to blanket immunity.
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