PESHAWAR: Former Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) senator Haji Ghulam Ali is most likely to be appointed as new Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as Maulana Fazl-ur- Rehman has nominated the senator for the post, a news website reported on Monday.
Ghulam Ali is the father-in-law of Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman’s daughter. He is also a famous businessman of Peshawar and has severed as FPCCI president in the past.
According to media reports, at the time of vote of no confidence against former Prime minister Imran Khan, allied political parties, particularly PML-N, had promised JUI-F that post of KP Governor will be given to the party.
The post of Governor KP is vacant after Shah Farman of PTI tendered his resignation as governor soon after no trust motion succeeded against Imran Khan in National Assembly.
It should be noted that, President Arif Alvi on Sunday approved the summary of Mohammad Kamran Tessori’s appointment as governor of Sindh.
The Sindh governor post had been vacant since PTI’s Imran Ismail stepped down from the position in April 2022 following the ouster of Imran Khan as prime minister.
