PTI postpones Islamabad long march to Oct 4
ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi said on Friday that the PTI’s long march towards Islamabad, which was originally scheduled for Sept 27, would now commence from Peshawar on Oct 4. The announcement by the KP CM came during a press conference in Peshawar, where he said the PTI’s political committee had held a meeting and “unanimously agreed” to now commence the march on…
Islamabad: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi announced on Friday that the PTI’s long march to Islamabad, originally planned for September 27, will now begin on October 4 from Peshawar. During a press conference in Peshawar, Afridi said the party’s political committee unanimously agreed to the new date. He emphasized that the protest is for the Constitution, an independent judiciary, media freedom, and Haqiqi Azadi, as envisioned by Imran Khan.
Afridi claimed that Imran Khan would be released within half an hour if justice was served, but criticized the court for not enforcing court orders for his medical treatment and family meetings. He denounced arrests and detentions of PTI leaders and workers, including ministers, and denounced Punjab authorities for blocking the march’s route with containers and nails on the KP-Punjab boundary.
A senior PTI leader confirmed to Dawn that the march would leave from Peshawar on October 4, stating that the PTI had achieved its goals with the march, as authorities had closed roads and spent millions on law enforcement.
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