| PML-N MPA Munawar Gill has resigned as special assistant to the Punjab chief minister following the registration of a rape case against him, and Shahbaz Sharif has accepted his resignation, a private TV channel reported on Tuesday. The MPA has been accused of raping a Green Town resident, who told police that she had gone to meet Gill in a Gulberg hotel to get a property issue resolved, where he raped her. Police said the accused had not been arrested, but investigations were underway. The MPA said the accusation was an attempt to defame him, the channel reported. |