{"id":26806,"date":"2023-01-21T17:27:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T12:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/?p=26806"},"modified":"2023-01-21T17:27:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T12:27:37","slug":"azam-khan-takes-oath-as-kp-caretaker-chief-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofkp.org\/en\/azam-khan-takes-oath-as-kp-caretaker-chief-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Azam Khan takes oath as KP caretaker chief minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>PESHAWAR:<\/strong> Former bureaucrat Mohammad Azam Khan took oath as caretaker chief minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a ceremony held in Peshawar on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">KP Governor Haji Ghulam Ali administered oath to Khan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Azam Khan&#8217;s name for the provincial caretaker role was finalised after consultation between outgoing chief minister Mahmood Khan and Leader of the Opposition Akram Khan Durrani.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Muhammad Azam Khan\u00a0has served as the KP Minister for Finance, Planning &amp; Development Department and Federal Secretary Ministry of Petroleum &amp; Natural Resources and Federal Secretary Ministry of Religious Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, he held important positions in the KP government where he served as the Chief Secretary and Secretary of different ministries. Azam Khan holds Barrister-at-Law degree from\u00a0 Lincoln\u2019s Inn, London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PESHAWAR: Former bureaucrat Mohammad Azam Khan took oath as caretaker chief minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in a ceremony held in Peshawar on Saturday. KP Governor Haji Ghulam Ali administered oath to Khan. 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