President Asif Ali Zardari has agreed to an ANP request for the appointment of a new governor in the NWFP and a retired bureaucrat is likely to replace Owais Ghani, a source close to the provincial government said. "The president has agreed to appoint a new governor with whom the Frontier government can work in good atmosphere," a source from the ANP said on Friday. He said the new governor would be a retired bureaucrat "acceptable to both the civil and military establishment". "We hope the new governor will be appointed in a few weeks time from now." The ANP-led government in Peshawar "is not comfortable" with the present governor, and there should be someone at Governor's House who "understands the needs of the provincial government", the source said. Media reports said ANP NWFP President Afrasiab Khattak was being nominated for the office, but the source said such reports were 'unfounded'.