PESHAWAR - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Ali Amin Gandapur, a potential candidate for the office of KP chief minister, has decided to take oath in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly as an independent.
Gandapur has not submitted his affidavit of joining Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) as he was eyeing on the position of provincial president of PTI which would not be possible in case of joining SIC.
According to party sources, Gandapur would contest the election of party’s provincial president during the intra-party elections scheduled for March 3. Meanwhile, PTI’s committee has completed a consultation for the finalization of names for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet to be composed of 15 to 20 members including ministers, advisers and special assistants.
According to party sources, the committee has finalised the name of Ali Amin Gandapur as the chief minister, while the losing candidates in the general elections would be included in the cabinet as advisers and special assistants.
The party leadership recommended to giving the position of Deputy Speaker of KP assembly to a female member Suraiya Bibi from Chitral, as desired by the party chairman.