ISLAMABAD, Aug 6: Qaumi Jamhoori Party (QJP) president Air Marshal Asghar Khan has appointed Nasrullah Khattak, a former chief minister of the NWFP, as central vice president of the party.

The QJP chief has also nominated the following as members of the party’s central working committee (CWC): Malik Hamid Sarfraz (Lahore), Sardar Khan Niazi (Mianwali), Mohammad Fazil Bhatti (Rawalpindi), Inayatullah Khan (Nowshra), Saeed Akhtar Khan (Haripur), Osman Afridi (Islamabad), Mohammad Sajjad Dar (Sialkot), Raja Afzal Khan (Gujrat), Khair Mohammad Badera (Bahawalpur), Noor Mohammad Khalil (Peshawar), Gulab Khan Qaimkhani (Mirpur Khas), Ishaq Khan (Madian-Swat) and Safia Khairi, Surrayya Salam and Naimatabad Khan (Karachi).

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