ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday signed off on the appointment of Haji Ghulam Ali, a close relative of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, as the governor of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa.
According to a statement from his office, Alvi accorded his approval based on the advice of the prime minister in accordance with Article 101-1 of the Constitution.
The summary sent by Shehbaz Sharif was approved on the same day it was dispatched to the president.
Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) had been serving as the acting governor after his predecessor Shah Farman, also a party colleague, resigned in April.
It merits mentioning that Maulana Fazl’s son Asad Mahmood is a federal minister while his brother Attaur Rehman is a senator on JUI-F ticket. His other brother, Lutfur Rehman, is opposition leader in KP Assembly while son-in-law of the Maulana is Mayor of Peshawar.
