K-P cabinet gets a minister, five advisors

Additions to the provincial cabinet bring its total size to 26

PESHAWAR:

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan on Friday appointed Barrister Feroz Jamal Shah Kaka Khel as a minister and five advisors, bringing the provincial cabinet’s total size to 26.

Governor Haji Ghulam Ali administered the oath to Kaka Khel at the Governor House in the presence of Chief Minister Azam Khan and other cabinet members.

Ali congratulated Kaka Khel and hoped that he would fulfill his responsibilities with utmost commitment. Other cabinet members namely Shafiullah, Fazal Ilahi, Manzoor Afridi, Abdul Haleem Qasoria, Sanwal Nazir, Shahid Khattak and Hamid Shah were also present on this occasion.

In addition, the governor appointed Dr Riaz Anwar as the Sports and Youth advisor and Salma Begum as Zakat and Usher advisor, while Pir Haroon Bacha, Shiraz Akram Bacha, and business leader Malik Mehar Ilahi were yet to be given portfolios.

Mian Feroz Jamal Shah Kaka Khel was previously part of the caretaker federal cabinet in 2013 and had lost against Imran Khattak, the son-in-law of former chief minister Pervez Khatak, from NA-26 in 2018 as Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) candidate.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 4^th, 2023.