ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday appointed Haji Ghulam Ali of JUI(F) as the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after being nominated by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The President, on the advice of the Prime Minister, approved the summary appointment of Ali as the Governor of the PTI-dominated province under Article 101 of the Constitution.
“Pursuant to Article 101 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, the President is advised to appoint Haji Ghulam Ali as the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and sign/green seal the Commission of Appointment”.
Abstract KP Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani has been serving as acting governor since April, after PTI’s Shah Farman resigned as the governor of the province.
Ali served as a senator from March 2009 to March 2015. He was a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Commerce from 2012 to 2015.
He was also the Chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Information and Broadcasting from 2009 to 2012.
