Faisal Karim Kundi
Faisal Karim Kundi | |
|---|---|
| 35th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Assumed office 4 May 2024 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Chief Minister | Ali Amin Gandapur Sohail Afridi |
| Preceded by | Haji Ghulam Ali |
| Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety Division (Pakistan) | |
| In office 6 October 2022 – 10 August 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Shehbaz Sharif |
| Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 19 March 2008 – 16 March 2013 | |
| Speaker | Fahmida Mirza |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
| In office 17 March 2008 – 16 March 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Fazal-ur-Rehman |
| Succeeded by | Fazal-ur-Rehman |
| Constituency | NA-24 (Dera Ismail Khan) |
| Personal details | |
| Party | PPP (2002-present) |
| Relations | Ahmad Kundi (brother) |
Faisal Karim Kundi (Urdu: فیصل کریم کنڈی; Pashto: فیصل کریم کنډي) is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the 35th Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in office since 4 May 2024. Previously, he held the position of Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Poverty Alleviation and Social Safety in federal cabinet under Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Additionally, he served as Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 19 March 2008 to 16 March 2013 and had been a Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 17 March 2008 to 16 March 2013. Further, he contested for the seat of the National Assembly five times and the seat of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa two times but remained unsuccessful. Following the Supreme Court's verdict on the redistribution of reserved seats reallocating them away from the PTI Faisal Karim Kundi addressed the media after the oath-taking ceremony of newly appointed MPAs. He revealed that a political understanding had been reached between the government and opposition on a 6-5 seat-sharing formula, with agreed allocations to JUI-F, PPP, and PML-N. Kundi stated that opposition candidates had withdrawn accordingly.
However, the move has sparked criticism from Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and other political functionaries, who have labelled the oath-taking process unconstitutional and vowed legal action against it.