Governor Ghulam Ali dissolves KP caretaker cabinet following ministers’ resignations

F.P. Report

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Ghulam Ali on Friday accepted the resignations of the caretaker ministers, advisors and dissolved the provincial cabinet.

Following a summary forwarded by Caretaker Chief Minister Mohammad Azam Khan, the governor dissolved the cabinet.

The chief secretary will shortly issue a notification approving the dissolution of the caretaker cabinet.

Azam Khan had received resignations of 25 cabinet members, prompting him to forward a summary to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor which he did. The governor dissolved the cabinet forthwith. 

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s interim Information Minister Feroze Jamal announced on Thursday that 19 members of the interim cabinet in the province, including himself, had tendered their resignations to the interim Chief Minister Azam Khan.

This step was taken in accordance with the directives of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

In response to a letter written by Ali Amin Khan Gandapur, the PTI KP chief, and signed by 52 ex-Members of Provincial Assembly (MPAs), the ECP had instructed the caretaker chief minister last month to promptly remove ministers, advisers, and special assistants involved in political activities.

The objective was to ensure a fair and unbiased electoral process in the province ahead of the upcoming general elections.

Jamal conveyed that the chief minister informed them about the ECP’s mandate to form a new interim cabinet devoid of political affiliations. Consequently, he and 18 other members submitted their resignations. Others who were not present in Peshawar would also resign upon their return, and if they couldn’t, they would be officially removed the following day.

Since January, a caretaker government has been in power in KP after the PTI chairman had pledged to dissociate from the prevailing corrupt political system by resigning from assemblies where his party held influence.