This file photo shows Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan. — APP/File LAHORE: Special Assistant to Chief Minister on Information Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Monday that she had submitted her resignation to leave her office to run party’s by-election campaign in Sialkot but was withdrawing it on the direction of Prime Minister Imran Khan. “The premier has stopped me from resigning from my office and asked me to continue work to highlight the achievements of the Punjab government,” she told a news conference. Sources in the chief minister’s house, however, claim that CM Usman Buzdar wanted Dr Awan to resign as he was not comfortable with his aid on information. They allege that Dr Awan was even bypassing the chief minister in making announcements, which Mr Buzdar himself wanted to announce.