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Peshawar High Court Orders KP Governor to Swear In CM-Elect Sohail Afridi by 4 p.m.

The ruling seeks to prevent a governance vacuum during a legally contested handover in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

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Overview

  • The court authorized KP Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati to administer the oath if Governor Faisal Karim Kundi does not do so, invoking Article 255(2) of the Constitution.
  • The written order cited Article 130(5) and held that the chief minister’s office stood vacant from Oct. 8 based on Ali Amin Gandapur’s statement on the assembly floor.
  • Governor Kundi, speaking from Karachi, said he would follow the Constitution and arranged travel to Peshawar, noting he had sought a plane from the Sindh chief minister.
  • Sohail Afridi was elected with 90 votes in a KP Assembly session boycotted by opposition parties, which left rival candidates without votes.
  • JUI-F leader Maulana Lutfur Rehman filed a petition in the PHC to set aside Afridi’s election as unlawful, adding to ongoing legal challenges over the transition.