Peshawar: After the death of Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Azam Khan, the Provincial Cabinet was dissolved and the supervision of the province was transferred to the Governor.
According to Express News, the governor will use the powers until the new caretaker chief minister is appointed and the cabinet is formed. Legal experts were confused about the appointment of the new caretaker chief minister.
According to Election Commission sources, the matter will go to the former chief minister and the opposition leader for the appointment of caretaker chief minister. The caretaker chief minister should be appointed soon. It is the matter of the constitutional head of the province. If the former leader and the opposition cannot agree, the matter will come before the Election Commission. This case of re-appointment of caretaker chief minister has come up for the first time.
Former AG Shamail Butt says in this regard that according to Article 224 A of the Constitution, the caretaker chief minister has to be appointed by the chief minister and the opposition. Leader of the House and Leader of the Opposition must sit within 3 days. If there is no agreement on the name of the caretaker chief minister, the matter will go to the committee or the Election Commission. There is a procedure for the appointment of one caretaker chief minister in the constitution, not another caretaker chief minister. Now let’s see how this issue is resolved.
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