The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and the opposition have unanimously nominated former bureaucrat Azam Khan as the caretaker chief minister of the province.

The consensus on Azam Khan was reached in a meeting of the government and opposition committees held in Peshawar.

Addressing a joint press conference along with PTI KP President Pervez Khattak and Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan-Fazal leader Akram Khan Durrani said we have chosen a person who is acceptable to all.