President Alvi accepts Shah Farman's resignation as K-P governor

Farman's family has vacated the official residence, says the governor's house spokesperson

PESHWAR:

President Arif Alvi on Saturday excepted the resignation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Governor Shah Farman.

The governors of K-P and Sindh announced their decision to resign from their posts soon after Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan. They said their conscience prohibited them from working with “culprits of corruption”.

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According to the K-P governor house spokesperson, Farman's family has vacated the official residence.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ghani has now become acting governor of the province whereas Deputy Speaker Mahmood Jan is now the speaker of the KP assembly.

Farman had earlier announced that he would step down from his office if PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the country’s prime minister.

Since joining PTI in 1995, Farman was elected to the provincial assembly, while he remained a minister from 2013 to 2018.