Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Opposition MPAs Sworn In by Governor Kundi on Senate Polls Eve
A day ahead of the Senate elections, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi on Sunday administered the oath to 25 opposition’s reserved seats MPAs, in compliance with the Peshawar High Court (PHC) order.The development comes hours after the opposition MPAs filed a petition in the PHC, urging the chief justice to nominate an authority to oversee the oath-taking process after KP Assembly speaker adjourned the session due to a lack of quorum.
As many as 21 women and four minority members took their oath as members of the KP Assembly on reserved seats.
Earlier, KP Governor Kundi took to X and said in line with the court’s order, he will administer the oath to the MPAs at 6pm today (Sunday) at his official residence in Peshawar.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly session was adjourned shortly after it commenced due to a lack of quorum as the PTI lawmakers skipped the crucial sitting earlier today.
KP Assembly Speaker Babar Saleem Swati, who started the proceedings with a delay of over two hours, adjourned the session when PTI MPA Sher Ali Afridi pointed out the lack of quorum.
The chair then ordered headcount and rang the bells for a five-minute break before finally adjourning the session until July 24.
The decision to skip the assembly session came after PTI KP chapter parliamentary party meeting decided to boycott the sitting.
As the proceedings began today, opposition MPAs criticised the interruption during the Quranic recitation, saying, “You cannot point out quorum during the recitation,” said a PML-N MPA.
“Mr speaker, this is not the right way… we’ve been denied our right to take the oath for two years,” she added.
