Amid internal doubts, PTI affirms Sohail Afridi 'remains KP chief minister'

ISLAMABAD: The PTI on Thursday reaffirmed its support for Sohail Afridi, the ex-chief minister who was rendered nonfunctional after the imposition of governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ruling out any move within the party to consider an alternative candidate for the office. Afridi has not been seen since the Centre imposed governor’s rule and emergency in KP on Oct 11. The very next day, a federal minister confirmed that he and some of his cabinet members were in preventative custody . In the notification issued by the party’s central secretariat for the “purpose of clarity and emphasis”,…