PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has removed the brother of Minister for Defence, Liaquat Khattak from the provincial cabinet for violating party discipline.
According to the notification issued by the provincial government, the governor of the province removed Liaquat Khattak under clause 3 of Article 132.
He was holding the portfolio of the Minister for Irrigation. Liaquat Khattak has been removed from the provincial cabinet because he supported the PML-N candidate in the PK-63 by-election, KP Special Assistant to KP Chief Minister on Information Kamran Bangash disclosed.
He said that CM Mehmood Khan has summoned a report ant it revealed that Liaquat Khattak and his family campaigned against the PTI candidate.
He added that Prime Minister Imran Khan has approved the CM’s decision to sack Khattak. It is worth mentioning here that PML-N’s Ikhtiyar Wali won the PK-63 by-election by securing 21,122 votes on Friday.
He was followed by PTI’s Mian Umar Kakakhel, who bagged 17,023 votes. After the defeat, there were reports Liaquat Khattak had developed differences with his brother Pervez Khattak over the choice of the candidate for the seat. This has led to reports suggesting that the minister did not take part actively in the campaign for the PTI.
