PTI marchers change route, head to Khyber first
Afridi says peaceful protest will continue until demands, including access to Imran, are met
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi announced on Tuesday that the PTI's long march would now begin in Khyber before heading to Peshawar, diverging from the originally planned route. The chief minister stated this change was part of the party's strategy, acknowledging that authorities had reacted strongly to the march's previously postponed date from September 27 to October 4.
Afridi emphasized that the march would continue to Islamabad when the party decided, declaring, "When we say we are going to Islamabad, no one will be able to stop us."
Afridi urged PTI workers to join the long march, assuring that they would not be intimidated by anyone. He vowed to persist with the protest, claiming that all constitutional and legal avenues had been exhausted and that the party was compelled to take to the streets to seek justice for founder Imran Khan. Afridi vowed to bring Imran out of prison and restore him as prime minister, asserting that the country would experience development and prosperity under his leadership.
He defended the march's seven-point demands, which he claimed were publicized on social media and were both constitutional and lawful.
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