Overview
- The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government issued a notification detailing portfolios for 13 appointees who were presented a day earlier at the Governor’s House in Peshawar.
- Meena Khan Afridi will lead Local Government, Elections and Rural Development, Arshad Ayub takes Elementary and Secondary Education, Aftab Alam Afridi heads Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights, and Khaleequr Rehman becomes Health minister.
- Other assignments include Fazal Shakoor to Public Health Engineering, Dr Amjad to Housing, Syed Fakhar Jehan to Excise, Taxation and Narcotics Control, Riaz Khan to Irrigation, Aqibullah Khan to Relief, Rehabilitation and Settlement, and Faisal Khan Tarkai to Labour.
- Muzzammil Aslam was named adviser on finance, Taj Muhammad Tarand adviser on sports and youth affairs, and Shafiullah Jan special assistant on information, clarifying why some outlets counted 13 members versus 10 ministers sworn in.
- Party sources noted Imran Khan had urged a five-to-eight member cabinet, while Minister Meena Khan said his guidance was general; after the ceremony, CM Afridi and Governor Faisal Karim Kundi agreed to a united push on law and order, development and KP’s claim in the upcoming NFC Award, with the lineup still smaller than the previous Gandapur cabinet.