Overview
- KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi administered the oath to 10 ministers in Peshawar, with two advisers and a special assistant appointed and portfolios to follow.
- Afridi was denied a meeting with Imran Khan for the fourth time, with PTI saying police held his convoy at the Dahgal checkpoint past the allotted time.
- The Islamabad High Court had directed Adiala Jail authorities to allow the chief minister’s meeting and to implement a previously ordered twice‑weekly schedule.
- Afridi has written to the IHC seeking an attested copy of its order to file a contempt petition against officials alleged to have ignored the directive.
- PTI says the compact cabinet was formed on Imran Khan’s guidance, as Afridi also pressed for KP’s inclusion in national security policymaking.