Overview

• PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja confirmed Gandapur’s replacement and announced Higher Education Minister Sohail Afridi as the party’s chief minister pick.
• Raja told reporters the plan is for Gandapur to resign and for the KP Assembly to elect Afridi, indicating formal steps are still pending.
• Earlier in the day, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar and Afridi publicly rejected reports of a change, reflecting conflicting messaging before the confirmation.
• Party figures who met Imran Khan at Adiala Jail, including focal person Rai Salman, said Khan issued directives to remove Gandapur.
• Afridi is a first-term MPA from Khyber district and a PTI central executive committee member who recently served as minister after a cabinet reshuffle.