PESHAWAR: Newly appointed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Faisal Karim Kundi took oath of office in a ceremony held at Governor House, Peshawar, on Saturday.
President Asif Ali Zardari had approved the appointments of Kundi, Sardar Saleem Haider and Jaffar Khan Mandokhail as governors of KP, Punjab and Balochistan, respectively, earlier in the day.
Kundi, a PPP loyalist, was picked amongst two other PPP politicians — Zahir Shah and Syed Muhammad Ali Shah Bacha — who were being considered for the post.
He currently holds the position of PPP’s central information secretary and is a member of the central executive committee as well as the foreign liaison committee.
He had gotten elected as a member of the National Assembly in the 2008 general elections and made history when he was appointed the country’s youngest deputy speaker.
Over the years, Kundi has gained the respect of his peers and also made a name for himself on the international stage through his participation in global dialogues, and interactions with diplomats. He is particularly vocal about infrastructure development, educational reforms, and philanthropy and strongly believes in dialogue, and policy reform.
He also served as the prime minister’s aide, PPP KP secretary general besides being a patron of the Young Parliamentarians Forum (YPF) and the Youth Parliament and also works with the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). He also served as the chairman of the Fata Caucus.
