Overview

• PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja announced the change after meeting Imran Khan at Adiala Jail, saying the Orakzai attack and deteriorating law and order prompted the decision.
• Sohail Afridi, a first‑time MPA from PK‑70 and serving higher education minister with prior ISF leadership roles, has been nominated to succeed Gandapur.
• Gandapur said he resigned in compliance with the party founder’s directive and submitted his letter to the KP governor, with PTI expressing confidence it can elect a successor given its assembly strength.
• Under the process described by a former advocate general, the governor may take up to 14 days to accept the resignation, after which the assembly must elect a new chief minister with at least 73 votes.
• The shake‑up followed days of conflicting statements and internal rifts involving Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan, while federal figures questioned the legality and timing as PTI framed a policy reset on security.