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14:34 Nov 01, 2025
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government assigned portfolios to the newly formed 13-member all-male provincial cabinet on Saturday. The 13-member provincial cabinet picked by KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi took the oath of office a day ago in Peshawar. Many on social media were quick to point out that the new KP government lacked female representation. A notification issued today from the Cabinet Wing of the KP government’s Administration Department said CM Afridi assigned the following portfolios to the 13 members: Provincial ministers: Meena Khan Afridi — local government, elections and rural development Arshad Ayub Khan — elementary and secondary education Fazal Shakoor Khan — public health engineering Amjad Ali — housing Aftab Alam Afridi — law, parliamentary affairs and human rights Syed Fakhar Jehan — excise, taxation and narcotics control Riaz Khan — irrigation Khaleequr Rehman — health Aqibullah Khan — relief, rehabilitation and settlement Faisal Khan Tarakai — labour Aides Muzzammil Aslam — finance adviser...