Sohail Afridi has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The ceremony took place at the Governor House, where the Governor administered the oath to him.
Two days ago, Sohail Afridi was chosen as the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a session of the provincial assembly led by Speaker Babar Saleem. He received support from 90 assembly members.
However, the election encountered a legal challenge from JUI-F leader and MPA Maulana Lutf-ur-Rehman, who claimed via a petition that the resignation of former Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur had not been accepted.
The petitioner argued that Afridi’s election was unconstitutional and urged the court to void it, asserting that a new Chief Minister cannot be elected while the previous one’s resignation is not approved.
Yesterday, the Peshawar High Court announced its decision on the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s constitutional petition filed under Article 255 about the delay in the oath-taking of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s new Chief Minister.
Chief Justice SM Atiq Shah instructed the governor to administer the oath to the newly elected Chief Minister, Sohail Afridi, by 4pm tomorrow.
During the hearing, the court repeatedly questioned the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor’s position on the delay in the oath-taking process.