PESHAWAR: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) has challenged the election of Sohail Afridi as the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in the Peshawar High Court (PHC).
As per details, the petition was filed by the JUI-F’s parliamentary leader in KP assembly, Lutfur Rehman, through Barrister Yaseen Raza.
The party informed the court that when the resignation of the previous CM Ali Amin Gandapur has not been formally accepted, then how a new chief minister could be elected under these circumstances.
According to the petition, the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had asked the outgoing CM to appear before him on 15th October, indicating that the resignation has not been ratified yet.
Speaking to media, Lutfur Rehman expressed concerns over the legality of the CM’s election, emphasising that the resignation had not been acknowledged and that the outgoing CM could continue to hold office until the resignation process was finalised.
For the unversed, PTI’s Sohail Afridi was elected as Chief Minister despite opposition’s boycott amid controversy regarding outgoing chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s resignation.
Amid controversy surrounding outgoing chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s resignation, PTI’s Sohail Afridi was elected as new chief executive of the province despite the opposition’s boycott of the process.
Sohail Afridi secured 90 votes, whereas Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) Maulana Lutfur Rehman, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Sardar Shahjehan Yousaf and Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Arbab Zarak Khan got no votes at all as their members staged a walkout from the session.
The assembly session, chaired by Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, was boycotted by the opposition members who staged a walk out with opposition leader Dr Ibadullah Khan saying that they do not want to be part of any “unlawful” process.
