{"id":308815,"date":"2023-01-21T15:50:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T10:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=308815"},"modified":"2023-01-21T16:55:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T11:55:51","slug":"azam-khan-takes-oath-as-kp-caretaker-chief-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/azam-khan-takes-oath-as-kp-caretaker-chief-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Azam Khan takes oath as KP caretaker chief minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former bureaucrat Mohammad Azam Khan took oath as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker chief minister in a ceremony held in Peshawar on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>KP Governor Haji Ghulam Ali administered oath to Khan, whose name for the provincial caretaker role was finalised after consultation between outgoing chief minister Mahmood Khan and Leader of the Opposition Akram Khan Durrani.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Ali formally appointed Khan as the caretaker chief minister of the province in the interim set-up.<\/p>\n<p>In a notification issued on Saturday, the governor designated Khan for the role under Clause 1a of Section 124 of the Constitution, which states that if the provincial legislature is dissolved under Article 58 or Article 112, \u201ca care-taker chief minister shall be appointed by the governor in consultation with the chief minister and the leader of the opposition in the outgoing provincial assembly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurther necessary action may be taken for notification and administering oath to the caretaker chief minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the governor,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>The KP Assembly stood dissolved on Wednesday after the governor signed and approved the chief minister\u2019s summary for the dissolution of the provincial legislature.<\/p>\n<p>The move came days after the dissolution of the Punjab Assembly on Jan 14 as PTI Chairman Imran Khan has vowed to disassociate himself from the \u201ccurrent corrupt political system\u201d by quitting the two assemblies where he is in power.<\/p>\n<p>However, a caretaker CM has not yet been appointed in Punjab due to the deadlock between the government and the opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former bureaucrat Mohammad Azam Khan took oath as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker chief minister in a ceremony held in Peshawar on Saturday. 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