KP CM defiant on PTI's Islamabad march as Centre keeps up governor's rule, emergency threat
PESHAWAR/DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi expressed the resolve on Tuesday to go ahead with the PTI’s planned march to Islamabad on Oct 4, saying that the protesters would reach Swabi in the first phase. His assertion comes as the march — which the PTI has announced as part of its nationwide protest to demand the release of its founder, Imran Khan — remains a…
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has declared his intention to proceed with the planned People's Party (PTI) march to Islamabad on October 4, despite the federal government's threat to impose the governor's rule or declare a state of emergency. Afridi stated that the protesters would first reach Swabi in the initial phase of the protest, a move that has further heightened tensions between the PTI and the government.
He accused the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) of attempting to infiltrate the PTI ranks to create chaos, asserting that his party's workers would be unarmed and would not engage in any form of disturbance. Afridi also criticized the Centre's counterterrorism policy, claiming that it had failed to curb terrorism in the province for the past 22 years.
Meanwhile, federal ministers have called for the governor's rule or an emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa due to escalating security concerns. KP Governor Faisal Karim Kundi echoed these sentiments, warning that action would be taken against anyone who took the law into their own hands and questioning the PTI's capability to carry out the march.
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