The Governor KPK Haji Ghulam Ali on Saturday appointed former Bureaucrat Azam Khan as the caretaker chief minister of the Province.
Azam Khan is a retired bureaucrat and former chief secretary with a good reputation in the province He had served as the KP finance minister, federal secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources, and federal secretary Ministry of Religious Affairs.
The governor issued the notification for the appointment of Caretaker CM after the opposition and government showed their agreement on the name of Azam Khan for the caretaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister (CM) slot.
The agreement was reached in a meeting between KPK CM Mahmood Khan and the Opposition Leader Akram Khan Durrani at the Speaker’s House yesterday.
“I, HAM GHULAM ALI, the Governor, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, hereby appoint Mr. M. Azam Khan, as the Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in terms of Clause (IA) of Article 224 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973,” the governor’s order reads.
It is to be pertinent that on 18 January 2023, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly dissolved on the advice of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan. The development comes days after the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly.
