The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s Cabinet wing has issued a summary for the appointment of a provincial cabinet comprising 15 ministers.

According to the summary, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, Governor Haji Ghulam Ali will appoint the provincial ministers from amongst the MPAs on the advice of Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur.

In a separate summary, the KP government said the CM’s secretariat has suggested five MPAs to be appointed as advisors to CM Gandapur.

The suggested provincial ministers are Arshad Ayub Khan, Shakeel Ahmad, Fazal Hakim Khan, Muhammad Adnan Qadri, Aqibullah Khan, Muhammad Sajjad, Meena Khan, Fazal Shakoor, Nazir Ahmad Abbasi, Pakhtoon Yar Khan, Aftab Alam Khan Afridi, Khaleequr Rehman, Syed Qasim Ali Shah, Faisal Khan Tarakai and Muhammad Zahir Shah.

The suggested advisors to the CM are Syed Fakhar Jehan, Muzamil Aslam, Muhammad Ali Saif, Mashal Azam and Zahid Chanzeb.

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