ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif?s spokesman, Musadik Malik said on Monday that Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan would not leave the Pakistan Muslim League ? Nawaz (PML-N) nor would he resign from the federal cabinet.

Speaking to reporters, Malik said the PML-N was a democratic party and it was Chaudhry Nisar's right to express his opinions.

The spokesman reiterated that Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif would not resign and the party had complete faith in him.

The statement from the PM?s spokesperson came hours before Chaudhry Nisar is expected to hold a news conference at the Punjab House.

It was reported earlier, on Friday, that Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar had decided to part ways with the prime minister ending his 35-year-long association with him.

All reports, citing close family sources, claimed the interior minister would resign from his post as interior minister and distance himself from the party chairman during a press conference scheduled for Sunday - the presser was cancelled at the 11th hour due to back pain. 

However, the reports had been shot down by the interior minister spokesman as baseless.