Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party walk past a banner of their leader and jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Peshawar. File
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Jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party’s general secretary on Wednesday (October 8, 2025) confirmed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur is being removed from office.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) general secretary Salman Akram Raja said the former cricketer-turned-politician nominated Suhail Afridi as the new chief minister of the province.
Mr. Raja said this while talking to the media outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail after meeting the 73-year-old incarcerated party founder.
Mr. Khan also condemned the killing of 11 soldiers in Orakzai district, Raja said.
At least 11 military personnel, including a Lt. Colonel and a Major, were killed in clashes with the Taliban militants during an intelligence-based operation in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, bordering Afghanistan, the army said on Wednesday (October 8).
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) — the media wing of the military — said that 19 terrorists of the ‘Fitna al-Khawarij’ were also killed during the operation in Orakzai district on Tuesday (October 7) night.
The Pakistan government last year notified the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as “Fitna al-Khawarij”, a reference to a group in earlier Islamic history which was involved in violence.
Published – October 08, 2025 07:35 pm IST
