PTI postpones long march to October 4
Afridi accuses Centre of trying to repeat May 9-style action
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party announced on Friday that its planned long march to Islamabad, originally scheduled for September 27, has been postponed to October 4. This decision comes amid extensive security and traffic restrictions imposed by the PML-N-led federal and Punjab governments. Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi secured approval from the party's political committee to make the change, stating it was a political strategy.
Afridi mentioned that a "sea of people" would join the march in Islamabad on October 4, marking PTI founder Imran Khan's birthday. However, not all allies of PTI in the TTAP agreed with the decision, attributing the disagreement to a lack of coordination. PTI leaders, including Afridi, emphasized that the march would proceed despite the government's efforts to block access points and deploy security forces.
Afridi accused the federal government of orchestrating a conspiracy against PTI and questioned the motives behind the government's actions.
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