ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has directed its members not to attend meetings or participate in discussions concerning a possible change of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, issuing an official notification on the matter.
According to the notification, Sohail Afridi is and will remain the chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with the support and confidence of the party’s founding chairman. It states that Afridi will continue in office as PTI’s nominated chief minister.
The notification instructs party members not to hold meetings or discussions at any level regarding a change in the chief minister. No party member, office-bearer or parliamentarian is permitted to propose replacing him.
PTI further stated that no agenda or discussion concerning the nomination or replacement of the chief minister would be entertained. The notification says that only the party’s founding chairman has the authority to nominate an alternative candidate.
It adds that the founding chairman’s decisions on the matter are final and binding on all party members.