{
  "id": 6004673,
  "title": "KP CM says won't leave Sindh without holding Karachi rally as PTI convoy en route to city",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/kp-cm-says-wont-leave-sindh-without-holding-karachi-rally-as-pti",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T17:04:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2027902/kp-cm-says-wont-leave-sindh-without-holding-karachi-rally-as-pti-convoy-en-route-to-city"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi declared on Sunday that he would not abandon Sindh without staging a planned PTI rally in Karachi, as his convoy progressed towards the city from Hyderabad. The KP chief, flanked by PTI's provincial leader Junaid Akbar, has been touring Sindh for five days in support of the party's September 27 nationwide protest for the release of founder Imran Khan and his prompt medical care at Islamabad's Shifa International Hospital. Speaking to reporters while heading to Karachi, Afridi vowed to remain in Sindh until he held a rally in the provincial capital. \"If we can't reach Karachi today, I'll hold the rally tomorrow; if not tomorrow, then the day after,\" Afridi stated. \"I won't leave Sindh without launching a street movement in Karachi. I'll stay here until the goal is achieved.\" He criticized the PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari's remarks on Saturday, in which he alleged that roadblocks were being constructed along the route. Afridi challenged Bilawal to reveal who was responsible and threatened to expose the culprits. PTI Sindh President Haleem Adil Sheikh confirmed on X that their convoy would reach Karachi \"if God wills.\" Karachi's District East police warned that \"no public gatherings, rallies or processions will be allowed around Mazar-i-Quaid\" and that any gathering in violation of the ban would face legal consequences. Traffic police closed several routes around Mazar-i-Quaid for security reasons, rerouting vehicles to alternative streets.",
  "summary": "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi on Sunday said he would not leave Sindh without holding a planned PTI gathering in Karachi, as his convoy made its way to the city from Hyderabad. The KP CM, accompanied by PTI’s provincial President Junaid Akbar, has been on a five-day public mobilisation campaign in Sindh for the party’s September 27 nationwide protest for the release of its…",
  "key_points": [
    "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM Sohail Afridi vows not to leave Sindh without Karachi rally",
    "PTI convoy en route to Karachi from Hyderabad",
    "Police ban public gatherings near Mazar-i-Quaid"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "KP CM determined to hold Karachi rally as PTI convoy en route to Hyderabad",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/kp-cm-determined-to-hold-karachi-rally-as-pti-convoy-en-route-to",
        "published": "2026-09-06T13:00:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}