PTI leader Pervaiz Khattak elected Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister

PESHAWAR: Members of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly voted for the election of the chief minister on Friday and elected Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Pervaiz Khattak.

Khattak secured 84 votes and becomes the 26th chief minister of the province. JUI-F candidate Mualana Latifur Rehman secured 37 votes.

Prior to the election, the candidate from the PML-N withdrew his papers in favour of Khattak.