Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has written to the federal government seeking the removal of provincial chief secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry from office.

In a letter dated March 9, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, the KP CM’s secretariat wrote that Gandapur wished for Chaudhry’s services to be withdrawn.

Shahab Ali Shah, a BS-21 officer currently serving in Balochistan, was instead suggested to be appointed as the new chief secretary.