CM Pervaiz Khattak’s wife stopped from boarding US flight at Peshawar Airport

PESHAWAR – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak’s wife was prevented from boarding a flight at Peshawar airport due to incomplete documents, local media reported.

Amra Khattak had booked a seat on a private airline to go to the United States, but she was not allowed to board her flight at the Bacha Khan International Airport.

Airport authorities said that she did not have National Identity Card for Overseas Pakistanis (NICOP), adding that she wanted to travel abroad using American passport.

On 13 May 2013, Chairman PTI, Imran Khan nominated Pervez as the CM of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the top post in the province where Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is the single largest party with 45 out of 99 seats, the party gained another 10 seats through allocation which increased its total seats to 55.

The five-year term of the provincial government is going to complete this month, and the name of the caretaker chief minister has been selected by the govt and opposition.