JUI-F leader Haji Ghulam Ali has taken oath as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s governor. The seat was vacated in April after PTI leader Shah Farman’s resignation.

President Dr Arif Alvi has approved the appointment on the advice of the prime minister under Article 101 of the Constitution.

“In terms of Article 101 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, the President is advised to appoint Haji Ghulam Ali as Governor of the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and sign the Commission of Appointment/affix the Green Seal,” the summary stated.

Currently, KP Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani is performing the duties of acting governor since Farman’s resignation from the post.

The HUI-F leader served as a senator from March 2009 to March 2015 and has been awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz in 2009.

He has also served as the chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Information & Broadcasting from 2009 to 2012.