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PESHAWAR: Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haji Ghulam Ali on Saturday appointed former bureaucrat Azam Khan as the caretaker chief minister of the province.
This came in less than a day after Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the opposition reached an agreement on the name of Azam Khan to fill the slot of interim chief minister in the province.
The name of former KP chief secretary Azam Khan was unanimously agreed upon in the meeting held to finalise the appointment of the province’s caretaker CM.
The governor this morning duly issued the order appointing Azam Khan for the position. The letter to this effect reads:
“I, HAM GHULAM A
LI, the Governor, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, hereby appoint Mr. M. Azam Khan, as the Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in terms of Clause (IA) of the Article 224 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan 1973.”
Profile
Muhammad Azam Khan has had a long and illuminous career as a civil servant in the Government of Pakistan.
He has served as the KP Minister for Finance, Planning & Development Department and Federal Secretary Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Resources and Federal Secretary Ministry of Religious Affairs.
Earlier, he held important positions in the KP government where he served as the Chief Secretary and Secretary of different ministries. Mr. Khan was educated at the University of Peshawar, following which he went to Lincoln’s Inn, London to complete his Barrister-at-Law degree.
