The Caretaker Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Muhammad Azam Khan, has assigned portfolios to the caretaker ministers with immediate effect. The portfolios have been assigned as Syed Masud Shah: Establishment & Administration and Inter-Provincial Coordination, Barrister Feroze Jamal Shah Kakhel: Information & Public Relations, Culture, Tourism, Archeology and Museums, Justice (Retd) Irshad Qaiser: Prisons, Relief, Rehabilitation & Settlement, Zakat, Usher, Social Welfare, Special education and Women Empowerment, Ahmad Rasool Bangash: Finance, Revenue, Excise, Taxation and Narcotics, Asif Rafiq: Climate Change, Forestry, Environment & Wildlife, Livestock, Fisheries & Cooperative, Agriculture and food, Dr Naseebullah: Science, Technology and Information Technology, sports & Youth Affairs, Dr Muhammad Qasim Jan: Elementary & Secondary Education, Higher Education and Archives & libraries, Justice (Retd) Arshad Hussain Shah: Law, Parliamentary Affairs & Human Rights, Auqaf, Hajj, Religious Affairs and Minority Affairs and Syed Aamir Abdullah: Tribal Affairs (Newly Merged Districts).

The two advisors and one special assistant have also been assigned portfolios as Advisor Dr Riaz Anwar: Health, Population Welfare and Labour, Advisor Dr Sarfaraz Ali Shah: C&W, P&D and PHE and Special Assistant Zafarullah: Irrigation and Housing. The portfolios have been assigned in accordance with the caretaker government's priorities, which include ensuring law and order, providing relief to the people affected by the recent floods, and preparing for the upcoming general elections.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)