Sardar Mehtab Abbasi sworn in as new KP Governor

PESHAWAR: Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi on Tuesday took oath of new Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Chief Justice Peshawar High Court (PHC) administered the oath to Sardar Mehtab.

President Mamnoon Hussain had signed the summary of Sardar Mehtab as new governor moved by Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.

Earlier, Sardar Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi had resigned from his provincial assembly seat.

Sardar Mehtab replaces Engineer Shaukatullah who resigned from the post on April 8.

Former president Asif Ali Zardari had appointed Shaukatullah on February 11, 2013 by removing Barrister Masood Kauser.