Akhunzada named administrator for 12 districts

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has appointed Grade-20 officer Muhammad Yahya Akhunzada as administrator for 12 designated districts following the imposition of Governor's rule and an emergency in the province.

According to an official notification, Akhunzada will oversee administrative affairs in the 12 districts in accordance with directives issued by the federal government. His services were transferred from the federal government to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa for the assignment.

Akhunzada will head a separate secretariat established to supervise the administration of the designated districts. He will implement instructions issued by the federal government and K-P Governor Faisal Karim Kundi regarding administrative matters in these areas.

The 12 districts include eight merged tribal districts, Mohmand, Khyber, Bajaur, Kurram, Orakzai, North Waziristan, Upper South Waziristan and Lower South Waziristan, along with four settled districts: Dera Ismail Khan, Tank, Bannu and Lakki Marwat.