Shaukat Youszai resigns from his post of Spokesman of CM KP to contest re-polls on PK-23

PESHAWAR: Spokesman for Chief Minister (CM), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Shaukat Yousafzai has tendered resignation from his post here on Thursday.

According to a press release issued here, Shaukat Yousafzai has sent his resignation to Chief Minister KP, Mahmood Khan for approval. “The resignation has been given by me for making the upcoming re-election process from PK-23 Shangla transparent,” said Shaukat Yousafzai.

Shaukat said he is contesting re-elections from PK-23 Shangla and therefore decided to relinquish the charge to ensure holding of elections in transparent manner.

It merits a mention here that Shaukat Yousafzai had won elections from PK-23, but due to less percentage of female vote cast from the constituency, the election results were withheld by Election Commission and re-polling was announced.

Shaukat Yousafzai is candidate of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf and is re-contesting from same constituency.