Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali Sunday signed the summary of Justice (retd) Arshad Hussain Shah’s appointment as the new caretaker chief minister of the province.

The development comes after Muhammad Azam Khan — who was the caretaker chief minister — passed away after suffering from a heart attack a day earlier.

Azam was appointed as the caretaker chief minister in January this year following the dissolution of the provincial assembly by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-led government.

Following his demise, former KP CM Mahmood Khan and opposition leader Akram Khan Durrani held a consultative meeting to discuss the appointment of the new provincial chief executive.

The two leaders finalised Shah’s name and sent the summary to the governor for approval.

Hailing from Abbottabad, Shah was serving as the law minister in former CM Muhammad Azam Khan’s cabinet. Before joining the cabinet he had also served as the chief justice of the Gilgit Baltistan from 2019-2022.