PESHAWAR – Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief minister candidate Ali Amin Gandapur has decided to run for the KP assembly as an independent candidate.
A senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will contest for the post of chief minister without any party affiliation.
Sources say Gandapur has not joined the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) despite PTI’s recommendation.
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It is to be noted that Gandapur has also submitted nomination papers for PTI’s intra-party election for provincial president. Party sources say he has not taken oath as an SIC member.
