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PHC Orders KP Governor to Swear In CM-Elect Afridi by 4 p.m. With Speaker as Fallback

The ruling seeks to prevent a governance vacuum created by a dispute over the outgoing chief minister’s resignation.

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Overview

  • The oath ceremony is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Governor House in Peshawar, with Governor Faisal Karim Kundi back from Karachi to administer it.
  • The court’s written order designates Speaker Babar Saleem Swati to administer the oath if the governor does not, invoking Article 255(2).
  • Citing Article 130(5), the PHC said the chief minister’s office stood vacant upon Ali Amin Gandapur’s resignation, dismissing delays over signature objections.
  • Sohail Afridi was elected chief minister with 90 votes in a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session boycotted by opposition parties.
  • The PHC later disposed of a JUI-F petition challenging Afridi’s election, and PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari publicly urged the governor to comply with the court order.