By: Salman Yousafzai
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has made a major reshuffle in the provincial cabinet and has given the additional portfolio of the Higher Education Department to Minister for Local Government, Elections and Rural Development Meena Khan.
A notification in this regard has been officially issued by the Administration Department (Cabinet Wing) on December 12, 2025. According to the notification, this decision will come into effect immediately with the approval of the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and will remain in force until further orders.
After the new portfolio, Meena Khan will have the responsibilities of Local Government Affairs, Elections and Rural Development in the province, as well as Higher Education.
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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Muhammad Sohail Afridi, met on Friday in Peshawar and approved a wide range of decisions related to the province’s future governance direction, policy guidelines, law and order, legislation, and administrative reforms.
Opening the meeting, the chief minister thanked all political parties for participating in the ‘Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peace Jirga’ held at the Provincial Assembly, stating that while political differences may continue, “peace remains our shared objective.” He directed authorities to ensure progress on all resolutions passed by the provincial assembly and termed the abolition of “Actions in Aid of Civil Power” as an essential step toward protecting fundamental human rights.
The cabinet also approved the establishment of an inquiry commission into the Radio Pakistan Peshawar attack case. The commission will collect all available evidence – including CCTV footage – and submit its findings to the cabinet.
Chief Minister reaffirmed his government’s commitment to establishing an interest-free Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, introducing Islamic investment models, enforcing a zero-tolerance policy on corruption, banning personal publicity through government funds, and ensuring transparency and merit-based decision-making. Referring to the provincial assembly’s unanimous resolution on the mistreatment of PTI founder chairman Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in jail, he expressed regret that “the elected chief minister of 45 million people is not being allowed to meet his party’s founding chairman.”
