PHC suspends appointment of five KP CM aides.

ISLAMABAD: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday struck down notifications by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government announcing the appointment of five advisers and special assistants to the provincial chief minister.

Justice Ikramullah Khan announced the decision, which came on a writ petition filed by Awami National Party (ANP) provincial lawmaker Khush Dil Khan challenging the appointments.

The notifications were issued earlier this year announcing the appointments of Ajmal Wazir, Ziaullah Khan Bangash and Hamayatullah Khan as advisers and Abdul Karim Khan and Kamran Khan Bangash as special assistants to the KP chief minister.

Responding to the court decision, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Shaukat Yousafzai said the provincial government is going through the...