Attending Kundi’s oath-taking ceremony would have been waste of time: Gandapur

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur on Sunday discounted the oath-taking ceremony of the new Governor Faisal Karim Kundi, adding that attending the programme would have been a waste of time.

It is worth noting that both the chief minister and governor hail from the Dera Ismail Khan district of the province. They have contested the elections from the same constituency of the district in the southern belt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

“We do not accept the Form-47 government and its illegally notified governor does not hold importance for us,” Gandapur told the Geo News in an interview.

Talking to reporters after taking oath, Governor Faisal Karim Kundi had said that the provincial cabinet members and chief minister had been invited to the ceremony. “The chief minister may have not attended the ceremony due to his busy schedule,” he had said.

Appointment of Faisal Kundi of PPP as governor is part of the power-sharing agreement reached between the PPP and PMLN to form a coalition government.

As per the agreement, the PPP managed to secure key constitutional and executive posts, including the presidency, Senate chairmanship, KP and Punjab governorships, Balochistan chief ministership and National Assembly’s deputy speakership.

The PPP, in return, backed the PMLN to form a government at the Centre and Punjab.

Under the arrangement, the PMLN managed to get the slots of prime minister, Punjab chief minister, National Assembly speaker besides Balochistan governor.