Overview
- An official notification from the Administration Department confirmed portfolio allocations for ten ministers, two advisers and one special assistant in the new setup.
- Governor Faisal Karim Kundi administered the oath to the ministers at the Governor’s House on October 31 in a ceremony attended by CM Sohail Afridi and senior officials.
- Key assignments include Meena Khan Afridi to Local Government, Arshad Ayub Khan to Elementary and Secondary Education, Khaleeq-ur-Rehman to Health, Riaz Khan to Irrigation and Aftab Alam Afridi to Law, with Muzzammil Aslam as finance adviser and Shafi Ullah Jan as information special assistant.
- The 13-member lineup exceeds Imran Khan’s suggested five to eight members and reportedly includes figures he wanted excluded, such as Aqibullah Khan and Faisal Tarakai.
- After the swearing-in, CM Afridi met the governor to discuss law and order, development priorities and KP’s position on the National Finance Commission award, following criticism of delays that left governance to the bureaucracy.