ISLAMABAD: Ali Amin Gandapur has been nominated by Imran Khan, the former chairman of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI), to be the Chief Minister (CM) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP).
There were three people in the running for the CM post in the province’s upcoming term.
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The names of Ali Amin Gandapur, Taj Mohammad Tarand, and Mushtaq Ghani, leaders of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), had been put forth for the position of KP Chief Minister. But because he had led from the front and remained solidly in the party’s camp, Gandapur was a serious candidate for the position of chief minister. He was nominated by PTI founder Imran Khan to be the CM of KP.
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In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Gandapur held the position of provincial revenue minister in the first Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) administration. She also held the position of minister for Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir affairs in the cabinet of former prime minister Imran Khan.