{
  "id": 16350389,
  "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-16350389",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T16:58:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "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 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) clarified on Saturday that MNA Junaid Akbar is still the president of the party's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chapter, but Senator Noorul Haq Qadri will handle meetings in Akbar's absence. Akbar, along with Sohail Afridi and others, was taken into preventative custody after the central government imposed governor's rule and emergency in KP on October 11. Reports emerged on October 14 that over 50 lawmakers from the KP Assembly endorsed former chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur's nomination as acting provincial president. PTI Chairman Gohar Ali Khan then declared via notification that the party's provincial organization \"shall continue to function under the presidency\" of Akbar. 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 PTI. Meanwhile, PTI KP Secretary General Ali Asghar Khan would \"chair all meetings in the absence of SVP (Qadri) and is empowered to call and chair all meetings of other tiers of the provincial organisation\".",
  "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": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}