{
  "id": 5709228,
  "title": "Sohail Afridi-led PTI convoy receives warm welcome in Shahdadkot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/sohail-afridi-led-pti-convoy-receives-warm-welcome-in-shahdadkot",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T03:52:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2027563/sohail-afridi-led-pti-convoy-receives-warm-welcome-in-shahdadkot"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Larkana, Pakistan witnessed a warm reception for the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) convoy led by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Friday. The event marked the second day of the party's five-day public mobilisation campaign in Sindh, in support of party founder Imran Khan's upcoming protest day on September 27. The rally, attended by various senior PTI leaders such as PTI Secretary General Barrister Salman Akram Raja, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President Junaid Akbar, and Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh, was addressed by Afridi, who strongly condemned the Adiala jail superintendent for repeatedly ignoring judicial orders regarding Imran Khan's medical treatment at Shifa International Hospital.\n\nAfridi highlighted the overwhelming public response to the rallies in Shikarpur, Shahdadkot, Larkana, and Naushehro Feroze, demonstrating that the people of interior Sindh stood firmly with Imran Khan. He emphasized that for decades, a false narrative had been propagated that only one political party held sway over the people of interior Sindh, but the recent rally's response had decisively challenged that narrative. Afridi expressed his confidence that people from across the country would join the protest on September 27, urging the masses to support Khan.\n\nBarrister Salman Akram Raja, in his speech, criticized the oppressive forces and questioned why the people of Sindh, despite the province's agricultural potential, remained deprived of basic facilities. He encouraged the audience to join the Sept 27 events, asserting that PTI's objective was to establish the rule of the poor, truth, and the Constitution and law as Imran Khan envisioned. Raja also claimed that Khan had been offered freedom if he withdrew from his struggle for public rights, but had declined, standing by his fight for public rights and the dignity of the poor.\n\nJunaid Akbar, PTI's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa President, appealed to the people of Sindh to participate in the Sept 27 mobilisation events for Khan's release, confident that the next government at both federal and provincial levels would be formed by the PTI. He accused the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) of corruption and poor governance, pointing to the ruined cities across Sindh during the PPP's 18-year rule. Haleem Adil Sheikh, Sindh President, criticized the PPP further, claiming that every city in Sindh bore a new story of corruption during their rule. Sheikh noted the suffering of farmers due to water shortages and floods, as well as the deprivation of basic facilities, including education and health, by ordinary people in Sindh.",
  "summary": "LARKANA: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s central leaders, along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and other senior party leaders, on Friday strongly condemned the Adiala jail superintendent for continuously disregarding judicial orders concerning PTI founder Imran Khan’s medical treatment at Shifa International Hospital. They were addressing a large number of people who accorded…",
  "key_points": [
    "Sohail Afridi-led PTI convoy receives warm welcome in Shahdadkot.",
    "Afridi condemns Adiala jail superintendent for ignoring Imran Khan's medical treatment.",
    "Barrister Salman Akram Raja criticizes oppressive forces and calls for Sept 27 events participation."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The warm reception of the PTI convoy in Shahdadkot signals a shift in the narrative that one party has dominance over interior Sindh, boosting the party's momentum ahead of September 27 protests.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}