President approves Haji Ghulam Ali's appointment as KP governor.

President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday approved the appointment of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl's (JUI-F) Haji Ghulam Ali as the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governor.

According to a statement from the President's Office, Alvi accorded his approval based on Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's advice in accordance with Article 101 (1) of the Constitution.

The approval of the premier's summary comes the same day it was dispatched to the head of the state. In contrast, a similar summary for the appointment of the Punjab governor in May this year had taken nearly four weeks for the president to ratify.

PTI's Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani had been serving as the acting governor after the party's Shah Farman resigned earlier in April.

Ali has previously served as a...