Peshawar, Oct 8 (PTI) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur was on Wednesday removed from office by jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party, a day after 11 military personnel were killed in an attack in the restive province’s Orakzai district.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) secretary general Salman Akram Raja confirmed that Gandapur has been removed from office and he would be replaced by Muhammad Sohail Afridi as approved by the former cricketer-turned-politician.
Raja made the announcement while talking to the media after meeting the 73-year-old party founder in Rawalpindi’s Adaila Jail where he has been lodged since August 2023.
At least 11 military personnel, including a Lt Colonel and a Major, were killed in clashes with the Taliban militants on Tuesday night during