President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday appointed former Federal Minister for States and Frontier Region Engineer Shaukatullah as Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Radio Pakistan reported.
Shaukatullah will be replacing former governor Syed Masood Kausar, who was also a former senator of the Pakistan Peoples Party.
At his previous position, Shaukatullah helped devise strategies for Afghan refugees in Pakistan.
The Ministry of States and Frontier Regions (SAFRON) in December of last year shot down a proposal to grant visa permits 150,000 refugees for a long-term stay in Pakistan.