PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has refused to include former ministers Taimur Jhagra and Kamran Bangash in his cabinet.
The PTI founding chairman Imran Khan had ordered Ali Amin Gandapur to add experienced Taimur Jhagra and Kamran Bangash to his cabinet. Chief Minister had sought time to decide on their inclusion.
Media reports say that Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has taken the final decision not to include the two former ministers in the cabinet.
Ali Amin Gandapur has also convinced Imran Khan regarding his decision. Reports say that the Chief Minister informed the founding chairman during a meeting at Adiala jail about the performance of both leaders in the previous government and convinced him of his decision.
Taimur Jhagra, while avoiding commenting on the issue, said that this is an internal matter of the party, if I say anything, it will harm the purpose of the founder of PTI.
He added that the founder of PTI had given him two important ministries in the first government, but this time he was not allowed to meet.
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On the other hand, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Advisor Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif also described the matter as internal and said that no comment on it in the media was necessary.
Taimur Jhagra has served as finance minister and Kamran Bangash as minister for higher education in the PTI previous government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
