In meeting with Gandapur, PTI founder Imran 'finalises' names of KP cabinet

Incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan Tuesday formally approved names for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's cabinet days after Ali Amin Gandapur was elected as the chief minister of the province after securing 90 votes, sources told Geo News on Tuesday.

The development came during a meeting between Gandapur and Khan at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, the sources added.

According to the details, KP's cabinet would comprise over 10 ministers and four advisers.

Taj Mohammad Trand, Mushtaq Ghani, Arshad Ayub, Fazal Shakoor, Dr Amjad, and Riaz Khan will be part of the upcoming cabinet in the province.

In addition to this, Khan also okayed the names of Faisal Khan Tarakai, Aqibullah Khan, Meena Khan, and others, the sources added.

Talking to journalists after meeting the former prime minister in jail, Gandapur that the PTI founder would decide about reconciliation with the establishment.

Gandapur said that both the establishment and institutions "are ours" but the decision for reconciliation with the establishment will be made by Khan, who is the only prime minister to be ousted through a no-confidence motion.

Insisting on his strong stance towards the government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the firebrand PTI leader said that the government in the Centre stole his party's mandate.

"We will not reconcile with mandate thieves. We will create such a system that no one can steal the mandate in future," he said.

The KP CM said the provincial government would maintain a working relationship with the federal government in the future.

“The federal government has stolen our mandate and we will not compromise with vote thieves,” he alleged.