Peshawar, Oct 14 (PTI) A Pakistani court on Tuesday ordered Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi to administer the oath to Chief Minister-elect Sohail Afridi, directing that Assembly Speaker Babur Saleem Swati perform the ceremony if the governor fails to do so.

The Peshawar High Court’s decision for the swearing in of Afridi on Wednesday by 4 pm was reserved earlier today, coming after the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) filed an application seeking the nomination of the assembly speaker or any other person “considered appropriate” in place of the governor to administer the oath to Afridi.

Afridi’s election on Monday was held amid uncertainty regarding the status of Ali Amin Gandapur’s resignation from the provincial chief minister’s position.

The two resignations submitted to

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