KP ministers ousted for not heeding Cabinet decisions, creating difficulties: Yousafzai.

PESHAWAR -- The ousted provincial minister were kicked out for not heeding the Cabinet's decisions and creating difficulties, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai said Sunday.

Prime Minister Imran Khan, Yousafzai added, decided to remove them over their negative behaviour. The ousted ministers included former sports and culture minister, Atif Khan, minister of health, Shahram Khan Tarakai, in charge of the revenue and estate department - de-notified earlier today by KP Governor Shah Farman under clause 3 of Article 105 of the Constitution.

Sunday's notification had also said the lawmakers were removed from office with "immediate effect".

The information minister said no one would be allowed to blackmail the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) or the government. Khan was also a candidate for the KP chief minister post but was given the biggest...

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