On June 6, former Justice Dost Muhammad Khan took oath as the caretaker chief minister of K-P. Speaking at the ceremony, he said, “we will try to give maximum relief to the public during our short stint in the government.”
CM Dost said further that he would do his best to ensure free and fair general elections, adding that he would uphold merit in choosing ministers for his cabinet. “The mission given by the election commission and the Constitution will be fulfilled,” he said.
The former chief minister of the province, Pervez Khattak, had also attended the oath taking ceremony, along with the former speaker of the K-P Assembly, Asad Qaiser; the heads of the KP police and the Frontier Constabulary, Salahuddin Mehsud and Liaquat Ali Khan.
The oath was administered by Governor K-P Iqbal Zafar Jhagra.
Published in Daily Times, June 15th 2018.
Some habits die hard. After enjoying a game-changing role in Pakistani politics for decades on…
More than one news cycle has passed after a strange cabinet appointment notification hit the…
Has the UN succeeded in its primary objective of maintaining international peace and security in…
Pakistan has availed of 23 IMF programs since 1958, but due to internal and external…
April 23rd is a symbolic date in world literature. It is the date on which…
Leave a Comment