Aimal Wali Khan elected ANP central president
Awami National Party (ANP) president Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Aimal Wali Khan was elected the central president of the party on Sunday.
Chief Election Commissioner Iftikhar Hussain chaired the party’s general council meeting at ANP’s Bacha Khan Centre in Peshawar.
Haider Khan Hoti suggested Aimal’s name for the presidency, and no other candidates submitted their nomination papers against the Wali scion, Geo has reported.
Aimal’s father, Asfand Yar Wali, was the previous president of the party. However, the veteran politician has been away from politics for a while, reportedly due to ill health, and didn’t take part in the February 8 general elections.
On the other hand, ANP central spokesperson Zahid Khan announced his resignation from his position on Saturday. He said that he would not be participating in the ANP’s intra-party elections.
Sources within the party who know about the situation said that Zahid and Hoti didn’t participate in the intra-party polls.