PESHAWAR: President Arif Alvi on Saturday accepted the resignation of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) Governor Shah Farman.
Farman had earlier said that he would step down from his office if PML-N leader Shehbaz Sharif was elected as the country’s prime minister.
Since joining PTI in 1995, Farman was elected to the provincial assembly, while he remained a minister from 2013 to 2018.
The governors of KPK and Sindh announced their decision to resign from their posts soon after Shehbaz Sharif was sworn in as the 23rd prime minister of Pakistan.
They said their conscience prohibited them from working with “culprits of corruption”.
According to the KPK governor house spokesperson, Farman’s family has vacated the official residence.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ghani has now become acting governor of the province whereas Deputy Speaker Mahmood Jan is now the speaker of the KP assembly.
