Overview

• PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said Ali Amin Gandapur resigned on the founder’s directive and confirmed MPA Sohail Afridi as the party’s choice to lead the province.
• Raja cited recent terrorist attacks, including deadly incidents affecting security personnel in Orakzai, as the immediate trigger for the leadership change.
• PTI portrays the move as a provincial reset intended to chart an independent policy course and separate governance in K-P from what Imran Khan calls flawed federal policies.
• Raja said Imran Khan holds Gandapur responsible for the current situation and believes replacing him is in the province’s best interest.
• Sohail Afridi is a first-time MPA from PK-70 in Khyber district and a former higher education minister, and if confirmed he would be the first chief minister from Khyber district since its merger with K-P.