NEW DELHI -- Pakistani Finance Minister Asad Umar, the point man for the South Asian country's latest talks on International Monetary Fund aid, resigned on Thursday in the midst of the negotiations.
Sudden departure comes after provisional deal on aid worth over $6bn

Pakistani Finance Minister Asad Umar holds a news conference in Islamabad in November. © Reuters
NEW DELHI -- Pakistani Finance Minister Asad Umar, the point man for the South Asian country's latest talks on International Monetary Fund aid, resigned on Thursday in the midst of the negotiations.