Who are the four contenders for KP’s CM?

Candidates contesting for the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister’s (CM) election have submitted their nomination papers.

On Sunday, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Secretariat cleared the papers of four candidates.

These candidates are:

• PTI’s Sohail Afridi
• Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl’s Maulana Lutfur Rehman
• PML-N’s Sardar Shahjehan Yousaf
• PPP’s Arbab Zarak Khan

The KP Assembly will elect its new Leader of the House on October 13 (Monday).

Sohail Afridi is the strongest candidate among other names.

On October 8, Ali Amin Gandapur stepped down from the post of CM.

In a long message on X, he announced his resignation.

In respectful compliance of the orders of my leader, and Founding Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, Imran Khan, it is my honour to tender my resignation from the Office of the Chief Minister, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

When I took over as Chief Minister, the province was faced with a… pic.twitter.com/b43onAVAby

— Ali Amin Khan Gandapur (@AliAminKhanPTI) October 8, 2025

PTI’s Secretary General Salman Akram Raja said that the party is and will stand with the people of the country. He urged the powerful to stop after rigging general elections. Raja said Pakistan was facing economic problems. He said the change of provincial government was a new beginning.

Raja said PTI was being told that Governor’s rule was being imposed. The PTI leader made it clear that “the plan to resettle terrorists was not ours… we should not be blamed for those coming from across the border.”

Raja added, “whatever you want to do, do it in consultation with public representatives.”