He also demanded resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja.
PESHAWAR: / DNA
ALI AMIN GANDAPUR has been elected as the Chief Minister of KP. He got 90 votes. JUI f did not take part in the election process. Gandapur in his speech called upon the relevant quarters to immediately set his leader Imran Khan free. He said Imran Khan was implicated in false cases.
He said we have to change this system. He said PTI is not against institutions but every body has to remain in its domain. He thanked the voters who despite all odds voted for PTI. He warned against coercive means against the PTI workers. He made it clear that the PTI should not be pushed to wall, otherwise the youth will have no option but to react. He also demanded resignation of the Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja.
Ali Amin Gandapur declared jehad against corruption. He and all members vowed on oath that nobody from the members of the provincial members would involve in corruption. He also made it clear to government officers that those involved in corruption and bribe shall have to face serious consequences.
EARLIER, Polling to elect the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister has started on Friday with independent candidate Ali Amin Gandapur and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Dr Ibadullah Khan vying for the slot.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan had nominated Gandapur as his party’s candidate for KP’s leader of the house. Considering the numbers it is highly likely that he would clinch the slot.
Gandapur has the support of Sunni Ittehad Council’s (SIC) members while Dr Ibadullah has the support of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarians (PTI-P).
The former federal minister decided to contest the top provincial post in an independent capacity after refusing to join the SIC — the party which was joined by PTI-backed independent winners to claim their seats.
Gandapur served as the former federal minister for Kashmir affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan during the PTI government at the Centre from October 2018 to April 2022.
Previously, he was a member of the KP Assembly from 2013 to 2018 and served as provincial minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for revenue
The CM-designate did his BA honours from the Gomal University in Dera Ismail Khan.
Meanwhile, his opponent, Ibadullah Khan, was a member of the National Assembly from August 2018 till August 2023. He was the chairman of the Standing Committee of Communications in the NA from April 2019 till August 2023.
The maiden session of the KP Assembly saw the oath-taking of the newly-elected lawmakers on Wednesday.
A day after the oath taking, the provincial legislature elected PTI-backed Babar Saleem Swati and Suriya Bibi as speaker and deputy speaker. Swati bagged 89 votes while Suriya received 87 ballots to win the coveted slots.
