Imran appoints Akbar as PTI KP president, replacing Gandapur
PTI founder also directs Raja to begin consultations for party's reorganisation in Punjab
January 25, 2025
- Move follows Akbar's election as chairman of PAC.
- PAC considered one of most powerful parliamentary bodies.
- Salman Raja has issued Akbar's appointment notification.
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Saturday appointed Junaid Akbar as the party's president of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The move follows Akbar's election as chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) with support from both the opposition and the government.
The PAC is considered one of the most powerful parliamentary bodies, with the authority to summon any individual or record from government departments in financial matters.
Meanwhile, PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja has issued Akbar's appointment notification, replacing Ali Amin Gandapur, who is also serving as the province's chief minister.
The PTI founder has also instructed Raja to provide consultation for the party's reorganisation in Punjab.
Raja said Gandapur himself did not want to remain the party provincial president. He said the PTI supremo also directed the KP chief minister to focus on terrorism and governance affairs in the province.
Khan, whose party is in power in KP, has expressed concerns over corruption issues in the province, sources told Geo News. The sources further revealed that the PTI founder had instructed Gandapur to come out of Dera Ismail Khan's politics.
The former prime minister also held an extended discussion with Akbar and Atif Khan, engaging with them on various matters, sources added.
Additionally, Akbar has been tasked by the PTI founder to address and resolve party matters in KP, according to sources.
Akbar, who is also a Member of the National Assembly (MNA), filled the PAC chairman post, which had been lying vacant since the government came into power following the February 2024 elections.
As per parliamentary norms established following the 2008 general elections, the chair of the PAC is traditionally allotted to the opposition, a practice which continues till today.
