NWFP Governor Khalilur Rehman has reportedly submitted his resignation to the president, a move government officials said they had been expecting for a while. Sahibzada Imtiaz, advisor to the prime minister on Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) affairs, is expected to replace Rehman. An official of the FATA Media Directorate told Daily Times that the move had been expected for the last few months. The official said he expected Ali Jan Orakzai, former Peshawar corps commander, or Umer Afridi to replace Rehman.Rehman denied having submitted his resignation, but one of his aides confirmed to The Associated Press that he had handed in his resignation at a meeting in Islamabad last week on the security situation in the tribal areas. Online cited sources in President House confirming that a resignation letter had been received. However, he has been directed to continue at the post until his replacement in appointed, possibly later this week.