Overview
- Sohail Afridi secured 90 votes in the 145-member KP Assembly to win the chief minister’s post, as opposition parties walked out of the session.
- Opposition nominees Maulana Lutfur Rehman, Sardar Shahjehan Yousaf and Arbab Zarak Khan received no votes after their parties boycotted the process.
- Governor Faisal Karim Kundi returned Ali Amin Gandapur’s resignation citing mismatched signatures and summoned him on October 15 for in-person verification.
- The assembly secretariat sent the oath-taking summary to the Governor’s House, but Afridi has not been sworn in while the dispute is reviewed.
- The Peshawar High Court sought the governor’s response to PTI’s petition for immediate oath administration, with arguments divided over Article 130(8) and who may administer the oath if the governor declines.