Fazal ur Rehman, PML-N leaders agree to challenge KP CM election in court

ISLAMABAD: A delegation from the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) visited the residence of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazal ur Rehman and discussed the political situation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported.

The Pakistan Muslim League-N delegation included Ahsan Iqbal, Amir Muqam, and Azam Nazeer Tarar, while Maulana Lutfur Rehman, Rashid Mahmood Soomro, and other senior JUI-F leaders were also present.

According to a joint statement, the participants agreed that the recent election of the Chief Minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was an unconstitutional process and could not be accepted. Opposition parties in the KP Assembly have unanimously rejected the Chief Minister’s election, a spokesperson said.

It was also decided that the opposition would review the situation from legal and constitutional perspectives and file a petition in court through a joint panel of lawyers.

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Earlier, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly elected the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) nominee Sohail Afridi as the new leader of the house after Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s resignation.

The house elected Sohail Afridi, an MPA from Khyber region, with 90 votes as the new Chief Minister of the province.

A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf member, Asif Mehsud, could not participate in voting owing to being out of the country.

The opposition parties boycotted the vote after Governor Faisal Karim Kundi objected over the resignation of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

According to reports, a letter from the Governor has been received by Gandapur.

The Governor’s House received two purported resignation letters from the Chief Minister, “with signatures on both documents found to be different and inconsistent”.

Governor Faisal Karim Kundi has summoned the chief minister to verify the authenticity of the resignations. Ali Amin Gandapur has been called to the Governor’s House on October 15 at 3 p.m.

The KP governor stated that the matter will be resolved in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan.