{
  "id": 16347127,
  "title": "'Missing' Junaid Akbar remains PTI's KP president; Senator Noorul Haq Qadri to assume duties in his absence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/missing-junaid-akbar-remains-ptis-kp-president-senator-noorul-haq",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T16:58:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2039512/missing-junaid-akbar-remains-ptis-kp-president-senator-noorul-haq-qadri-to-assume-duties-in-his-absence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Pakistani political party PTI has appointed Senator Noorul Haq Qadri as the interim president for the party's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter, while MNA Junaid Akbar remains the party's KP president in his absence. Akbar's whereabouts are currently unknown following his arrest along with Sohail Afridi and others in connection with the imposition of governor's rule and emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 11. Reports suggest that over 50 lawmakers from the KP Assembly endorsed former chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur's nomination as acting provincial president. However, PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan has declared that the party's provincial organization shall continue to function under the presidency of Junaid Akbar. Senator Qadri, the incumbent senior vice president of the PTI's KP chapter, will preside over all meetings of the provincial cabinet in Akbar's absence and act according to the Constitution of the PTI. PTI KP Secretary General Ali Asghar Khan will chair all meetings in the absence of Qadri and will have the authority to call and chair all meetings of other tiers of the provincial organization. The PTI has also stated that no changes will be made to the provincial cabinet or organizational structure in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until further notice, following a public dispute on social media between Gandapur and PTI Secretary General Salman Akram Raja over the matter.",
  "summary": "The PTI on Saturday clarified that MNA Junaid Akbar remains the president of the party’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chapter, but Senator Noorul Haq Qadri will preside over the meetings in the former’s absence. The whereabouts of Akbar remain unknown after he, along with Sohail Afridi and others, was taken into preventative custody following the Centre’s imposition of governor’s rule and emergency in KP…",
  "key_points": [
    "Senator Noorul Haq Qadri appointed interim KP president of PTI",
    "Junaid Akbar remains KP president in absence",
    "Over 50 KP Assembly lawmakers endorse Gandapur as acting president"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Akbar retained as PTI KP president",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/akbar-retained-as-pti-kp-president",
        "published": "2026-10-24T21:25:41.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}