PESHAWAR, June 19: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak has appointed four advisors and five special assistants.

According to a handout issued here on Wednesday, Jamsheduddin was appointed as advisor to the chief minister on excise and taxation, Yaseen Khan Khalil physical planning, Haji Qalandar Khan Lodhi food and Malik Qasim Khan Khattak prisons.

Similarly, Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani was made special assistant to the chief minister on higher education, Dr Meher Taj Roghani social welfare, Malik Amjad Khan Afridi housing, Shakeel Ahmad population welfare and Ziaullah Afridi mineral development.

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