Pakistan, Oct. 17 -- Without taking any names, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Friday claimed that the "head of a party" was "extremely upset" about not being appointed the governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

"The head of a party is extremely upset over being denied a role in the new setup in KP and not getting the governorship," Naqvi alleged while speaking to journalists in Lahore. He was seemingly referring to Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, who has been critical of the federal government over the imposition of governor's rule in KP.

This politician, Naqvi said, had remained "dependent on the establishment for decades to advance his political career".

"These are the same politicians who remained in polit...