{"id":88002,"date":"2025-10-10T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=88002"},"modified":"2025-10-10T00:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:00:26","slug":"sohail-afridi-enjoys-ptis-full-confidence-as-cm-nominee-for-kp-irfan-saleem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/sohail-afridi-enjoys-ptis-full-confidence-as-cm-nominee-for-kp-irfan-saleem\/","title":{"rendered":"Sohail Afridi enjoys PTI&#8217;s full confidence as CM nominee for KP: Irfan Saleem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The nomination of Sohail Afridi as a potential chief minister has intensified the political atmosphere in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, dividing opinion between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pti-chairman-barrister-gohar-denies-reports-of-removal-from-office\/\">PTI<\/a>) and the opposition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"979\">Speaking on ABN\u2019s program <em data-start=\"445\" data-end=\"463\">\u201cSawaal Se Aaje\u201d<\/em> with host Alina Shigri, PTI leader Irfan Saleem hailed Afridi as a \u201cyoung and dynamic leader\u201d aligned with the vision of the party\u2019s founder.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"979\">He argued that Afridi\u2019s performance as Minister for Communications and Works (C&amp;W) proves his ability to govern and meet challenges.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"419\" data-end=\"979\">\u201cSohail Afridi has emerged as a talented leader who enjoys the confidence of the top leadership and parliamentarians,\u201d Saleem said, adding that PTI remains committed to empowering youth, who constitute 65 percent of Pakistan\u2019s population.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"981\" data-end=\"1265\">Highlighting the province\u2019s ongoing security concerns, Saleem stressed the need for \u201cdetermined leadership\u201d capable of improving ties with the federation.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"981\" data-end=\"1265\">He further warned that if the public mandate of the KP Assembly is not recognized, PTI would be forced to take tough decisions.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1812\">However, Opposition Leader in the KP Assembly Dr. Ibadullah Khan voiced serious reservations over Afridi\u2019s nomination.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1812\">While dismissing terrorism-related allegations against him, Ibadullah questioned Afridi\u2019s limited experience and young age in dealing with the province\u2019s worsening security and governance crisis.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1267\" data-end=\"1812\">\u201cPeople avoid leaving their homes after dusk; the situation is very bad. We need an experienced and serious leadership,\u201d he said, adding that even within PTI, some believe an experienced candidate would have been a wiser choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The nomination of Sohail Afridi as a potential chief minister has intensified the political atmosphere in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, dividing opinion between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the opposition. Speaking on ABN\u2019s program \u201cSawaal Se Aaje\u201d with host Alina Shigri, PTI leader Irfan Saleem hailed Afridi as a \u201cyoung and dynamic leader\u201d aligned with the vision [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":88003,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31583],"class_list":["post-88002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-sohail-afridi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88004,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88002\/revisions\/88004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}