Aimal Wali Khan elected ANP president

• No other candidate submitted papers for ANP presidency. 
• Aimal's name was suggested by ANP's Haider Khan Hoti.
• Asfandyar Wali Khan, Aimal's father, was ANP's president. 
  

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party's (ANP) president for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Aimal Wali Khan, on Sunday was unanimously elected as the party's central president. 

The party's general council meeting, under the chairmanship of Chief Election Commissioner Iftikhar Hussain, was held in ANP's Bacha Khan Centre in Peshawar. 

According to sources, no other candidate submitted papers for the president's position. Aimal's name was suggested by ANP leader Haider Khan Hoti.

It should be noted that Aimal's father, Asfandyar Wali Khan, was the party's president. However, the senior politician has been away from politics for sometime and did not participate in the February 8 general elections. 

On the other hand, ANP central spokesperson Zahid Khan on Saturday announced his resignation from his position. He said that he would not be participating in ANP's intra-party elections. 

Sources privy to the matter claimed that Hoti and Zahid are not taking part in the intra-party elections. 

They further claimed that Zahid has political differences with the ANP leadership and he had distanced himself from the party affairs, however, Aimal had gone to his house to convince him. But the visit proved futile.