Imran Khan rejects name of Manzoor Afridi as caretaker CM KP: media report
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PESHAWAR: The chief of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s ruling party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has rejected the name of Manzoor Afridi for the position of caretaker chief minister for the province.
The party sources said on Monday that Imran has asked Chief Minister Pervez Khattak to decide another name for the position, Geo News has reported.
According to chief minister’s spokesperson Shaukat Yousafzai, Manzoor’s name as the caretaker chief minister was neither finalised nor has it been dropped.
The spokesperson said a meeting regarding the caretaker chief minister was held Sunday night. He added Khattak and Leader of the Opposition in KP Assembly Lutfur Rehman would meet on Monday to discuss the matter.
The incumbent chief minister of the province also rejected the reports.
However, Imran has been reported to have congratulated Manzoor on being appointed as the caretaker chief minister. In a statement issued late Saturday night, it was written that Manzoor along with his brother Ayub Afridi, a PTI senator, went to meet Imran at his Bani Gala residence were Khattak was also present.
