KP govt, opposition agree on name for interim CM

KP govt, opposition agree on name for interim CM

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and opposition have agreed upon a name for the caretaker chief minister for the province.

According to sources, appointment of Manzoor Afridi as the caretaker chief minister suggested by the KP government.

KP CM Pervez Khattak and Leader of the Opposition in KP Assembly Maulana Lutfur-Rehman met to decide the name.

Manzoor hails from Khyber Agency in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, who belongs to a family of businesspersons and is a non-political figure. He is the younger brother of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Senator Ayub Afridi and uncle of Peshawar Zalmi owner Javed Afridi.

This is the second time that the KP government and opposition have reached consensus on recommendations for the caretaker chief minister.

In 2013, Amir Haider Hoti and the then opposition leader, Akram Khan Durrani, had agreed on appointing Justice (retd) Tariq Pervez as the interim chief minister.