PESHAWAR, March 19: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly was dissolved on Tuesday following the summary received by Governor Engineer Shaukatullah.
Earlier on Monday, Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti had sent a summary to the provincial governor requesting the dissolution of the assembly.
Justice (retd) Tariq Pervez, who was nominated as caretaker chief minister of the province on March 15, is expected to take oath tomorrow (Mar 20).
The government issued a notification which said: “In pursuance of the dissolution of the Provincial Assembly vide Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Law Department’s Order No. LEGIS:4(1)/77/Vol-II, Dated 19-03-2013, it is hereby notified the following provincial ministers have ceased to hold their respective portfolio at 2400 hours on 19th March, 2013:
Rahimdad Khan (Planning & Development and Energy & Power), Arbab Muhammad Ayub Jan (Agriculture), Muhammad Ayub Khan Ashari (Science & Technology and Information Technology), Barrister Arshad Abdullah (Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights), Muhammad Humayun Khan (Finance), Liaqat Ali Shahbab (Excise & Taxation), Mehmood Zaib Khan (Mineral Dev: and Technical Education), Mian Iftikhar Hussain (Information and Public Relations; Inter Provincial Coordination, Transport and Culture), Namroz Khan (Auqaf, Hajj, Religious and Minority Affairs), Saleem Khan (Population Welfare), Sardar Hussain Babak (Elementary & Secondary Education), Syed Aqil Shah (Sports, Tourism and Museums), Sitara Ayaz (Social Welfare, Special Education and Women Empowerment), Syed Ahmad Hussain Shah (Irrigation), Wajid Ali Khan (Environment), Muhammad Zarshid Khan (Zakat and Ushr), Syed Zahir Ali Shah (Health), Muhammad Shuja Khan (Revenue, Estate & Relief), Sher Azam Khan Wazir (Labour), Qazi Muhammad Asad Khan (Higher Education, Archives & Libraries), Malik Amjad Khan Afridi (Housing), Haji Hidayatullah Khan (Livestock, Dairy Development & Cooperation), Syed Qalb-e-Hassan (Food) and Samiullah Khan Alizai (Industries & Commerce).]]>
