Peshawar, Oct 15 (PTI) Suhail Afridi, leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), was sworn in as the 30th Chief Minister of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province on Wednesday evening, a day after a court ordered the governor to administer the oath. Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Tuesday ordered Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi to administer the oath to Sohail Afridi, nominated by PTI founder and jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.
Kundi administered the oath to PTI MPA (Member of the Provincial Assembly) Sohail Afridi at the Governor's House in Peshawar.
Afridi was elected the new KP chief executive on Monday during an assembly session marred by the opposition’s walkout and amid the prevailing uncertainty regarding the resignation of outgoing Chief Minister Ali Amin