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- February 14, 2024
- Kainat Shakeel
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The next Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), a province in northwest Pakistan, would be Ali Amin Gandapur, as selected by Imran Khan, the previous head of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). A member of Pakistan’s National Assembly from NA-38 (Dera Ismail Khan-I), Gandapur holds the position of Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan at the moment.
Along with two PTI leaders, Dr. Amjad Ali, and Mushtaq Ghani, Gandapur was one of the top three candidates for the top provincial position. Khan did, however, choose to nominate Gandapur during the recent general elections, which saw the PTI win a two-thirds majority in the KP Assembly. PTI initially came to power in KP in 2013 under the leadership of Pervez Khattak, who went on to become the Defense Minister in Khan’s cabinet. This is the third time in a row that PTI has led the state for the PTI. PTI appointed Mahmood Khan as KP’s chief minister in 2018.
In the southern KP district of Dera Ismail Khan, Gandapur is a member of a well-known political dynasty. Under previous President Pervez Musharraf, his father, Major (retd) Aminullah Gandapur, served in the caretaker administration. Another politician is Sardar Faisal Amin Khan Gandapur, his brother. Following his early schooling at Dera Ismail Khan’s Saint Helens High School, Gandapur went on to earn his degree from Gomal University in the same city.
After winning a seat in the KP Assembly from PK-64 (Dera Ismail Khan-I) as a PTI candidate in 2013, Gandapur began his long political career. He rose through the ranks to become the Khattak cabinet’s Provincial Minister of KP for Estate and Revenue. As the Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, he was elected to the federal cabinet in 2018 after running for and winning two seats, PK-97 (Dera Ismail Khan City-I) and NA-38.