Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Minister of Energy & Power

Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Provincial Government Seal
Provincial Government Flag
Seat of Government	Peshawar
Assembly	KP Provincial Assembly
Speaker	Asad Qaiser
Members in Assembly	124
Governor	Iqbal Zafar Jhagra
Chief Minister	Pervaiz Khattak
Chief Secretary	Abid Saeed
High Court	Peshawar High Court
Chief Justice	Justice Yahya Afridi

The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pashto: د خیبر پښتونخوا حکومت‎, Urdu: حکومتِ خیبرپختونخوا‎‎) is the provincial government of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 26 districts come under its authority and jurisdiction. The government includes the cabinet, selected from members the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Assembly, and the non-political civil staff within each department. The province is governed by a unicameral legislature with the head of government known as the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister, invariably the leader of a political party represented in the Assembly, selects members of the Cabinet. The Chief Minister and Cabinet are thus responsible the functioning of government and are entitled to remain in office so long as it maintains the confidence of the elected Assembly. The head of state of the province is known as the Governor. The official and full name of the province is Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formally known as the Northwest Frontier Province). Often an abbreviation of "KP" or "KPK" is used by unknowing journalists and media outlets, although these terms neither appears in the Constitution, any treaties or in legal cases to which it is a party. The terms Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government are often used in official documents. The seat of government is in Peshawar, thus serving as the capital of the province.