Gandapur terms KP governor's oath-taking ceremony 'waste of time'

• Kundi says KP cabinet, CM invited to attend ceremony.
• CM might have been busy, says governor.
• "Didn't attend oath-taking of those elected on Form 47."

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Sunday said the oath-taking ceremony of the new KP governor did not hold so "much importance" for him and attending the event would have have been a "waste of time".

Talking to Geo News, the KP chief minister said, “The Form 47 government and its illegally notified governor do not hold importance.”

The KP CM said he had not attended oath-taking of those who were elected through Form 47 earlier.

Since the February 8 general elections, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has been claiming that it won the polls on Form 45 with a wide majority and alleged the other leading parties rigged election results in Form 47.

The KP CM spoke about Form 47 in response to a question about his absence from the governor oath taking ceremony.   

Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Faisal Karim Kundi, who took an oath on Saturday as the 36th governor of KP replacing his predecessor Haji Ghulam Ali who was appointed on the said post back in 2022, said the provincial cabinet and chief minister were invited to attend the swearing-in ceremony.

“Probably, the CM did not attend the event because of his busy schedule,” Kundi said.

Kundi's appointment is part of the power sharing agreement reached between the PPP and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) to form a coalition government after neither these two parties, nor their rival Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), managed to secure a simple majority in the February 8 polls.

As per the PPP-PML-N agreement, the former managed to secure key constitutional and executive posts including the presidency, senate chairmanship, KP and Punjab governorships, Balochistan chief ministership and National Assembly's deputy speakership.

In return, the PPP ensured the PML-N of its support for the latter's government in the Centre and Punjab along with the positions of PM, Punjab chief minister, NA speaker along with Sindh and Balochistan governors.